9 September 2014, Albawaba.com Migrant worker recruitment agencies are making elaborate profits off the back of migrant domestic workers who continue to face extremely harsh labor and living conditions in Lebanon, a new report said. “The report found th... read more
8 September 2014, The Daily Star Lebanon BEIRUT: Migrant worker recruitment agencies are making elaborate profits off the back of migrant domestic workers who continue to face extremely harsh labor and living conditions in Lebanon, a new report said. “T... read more
6 September 2014, Arab News The Ministry of Labor has imposed a ban on the recruitment of labor from Ebola-affected countries of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. Deputy Labor Minister Moufarrej Al-Haqbani said the decision was taken as a preventive measu... read more
4 September 2014, The Peninsula DOHA: Qataris are urging the authorities to set up a state-run recruitment agency that would take care of their interests while bringing housemaids into the country and not engage in fraudulent activities, as is being done ... read more
Thomson-Reuters, 2 September 2014 NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A Kenyan domestic worker in Saudi Arabia was attacked by her employer with a kitchen knife and stabbed eight times before wresting the knife from him, The Star newspaper reported o... read more
31 August 2014, Arab News The Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) organized a support program for businesses with the Labor Ministry on Thursday following the adoption of recruitment offices. The meeting took place in the presence of company ow... read more
30 August 2014, Arab News Agreement for the recruitment of Indian housemaids across the Kingdom is very much intact as the recruitment process is in progress and not stalled as reported in a section of local media. Reports published in local media quoting... read more
30 August 2014, Colombo Gazette Saudi officials have announced a five-day visit to Sri Lanka in a bid to overcome “difficulties” related to the recruitment of domestic workers from the south Asian country, arabianbusiness.com reported. The Gulf kingdo... read more
27 August 2014, Gulf Times Officials of labour recruitment agencies said they have stopped recruiting domestic workers from certain African countries in view of the spread of the Ebola virus in those places, local Arabic daily Arrayah has reported. They s... read more
21 August 2014, Arab News Many expat families in the Kingdom continue to express concern over the increasing price of housemaid services offered by labor recruitment agencies. Demand continues to soar as recruitment agencies in the Kingdom face a major sh... read more