14 February 2016, MENA Financial Network A clash between minimum wages stipulated by the Indian government and those prevailing in the UAE labour market is resulting in rejection of applications by some UAE employers trying to recruit Indian workers Khale... read more
13 February 2016, The Malaysian Insider Putrajaya should ensure that employers of migrant workers do not force their staff to pay the foreign worker levy, nearly a hundred civil society groups from across the globe said in a joint press statement. They al... read more
15 September 2015, Saudi Gazette DAMMAM — An Ethiopian diplomat has refuted claims that domestic labor recruitment from his country would recommence, saying that salaries would have to increase before any recruitment deal could be made. Liaison Officer ... read more
22 February 2015, Times of Oman Muscat: As governments commit to new labour contracts designed to safeguard their citizens overseas, the debate over fair pay and conditions for expatriate maids in Oman has reopened. Some employers in Sultanate have expres... read more
10 February 2015, Dhaka Tribune Saudi Arabia is going to import around 10,000 workers from Bangladesh every month in 10 categories of household jobs, free of cost. The decision came at a meeting between Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minis... read more
28 November 2014, The World Post Qatar is signaling rejection of demands by human rights and trade union activists to grant trade union and collective bargaining rights to its majority migrant worker population with the detention and likely deportation of... read more
24 November 2014, BBC.com Labour has said it would introduce a system of licensing to clamp down on “rogue” recruitment agencies. In a speech in London, Ed Miliband said some agencies break minimum wage laws and exploit workers by undercutting... read more
2 November 2014, Colombo Gazette Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva Ravinatha Aryasinha, has said Sri Lanka which took over the chair of the Colombo Process (CP) one year ago was of the view that if it were to make a difference and... 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
17 July, 2014 – SBS, AAP Critics say the plan to allow foreign workers to access temporary visas to work on oil rigs would have allowed migrant workers to be exploited at the expense of Australian jobs. The Coalition planned to remove a requirement ... read more