By: Aleta Nieva Nishimori, ABS-CBN News | 7 October 2017 MANILA – Recruitment agencies must do their share in ensuring the welfare and protection of Filipino workers they deploy abroad given their steadily increasing numbers. Administrator Hans Leo ... read more
Saudi Gazette report | 3 October 2017 RIYADH — Starting Jan. 1, foreign engineers with less than five years of experience will no longer be recruited, the Saudi Council of Engineers has confirmed. Engineering companies involved in urgent projects have b... read more
This report presents the findings of a survey on migration expenses that Pakistani workers paid to secure jobs in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The focus is on low-skilled migrants, who are the most vulnerable because of their low educational... read more
22 March 2016, Business Standard Sri Lanka and Saudi Arabia have inked an agreement to set up an electronic system that would streamline recruitment from the island nation. Saudi Deputy Labor Minister for Customer and Labor Relations Ziad Al-Sayegh has sa... read more
3 March 2016, Thompson Reuters The Ministry of Labor has emphasized that it is implementing regulations against illegal brokers and middlemen in the recruitment of domestic workers. The ministry said it was keeping a watch on recruitment agents in countri... read more
2 March 2016, My Republica Ten Nepali migrant workers have been left in the lurch in Saudi Arabia after they have been rendered illegal. Landed in Saudi Arabia 22 months ago through the Kathmandu-based Al Naseer Overseas Pvt Ltd, the migrants have been re... read more
19 February 2016, Arab News The Cambodian government has set up 42 recruiting offices in the country. The offices will send domestic workers to the Kingdom during the coming months, the Ministry of Labor announced on Thursday. Last week, the Kingdom and C... read more
12 February 2016, Videonews Cambodian Labor Minister Ith Sam Heng has met with his Saudi counterpart in Riyadh, where the two inked a memorandum of understanding — the first in a series of steps to send Cambodians to work in the Gulf country. However, t... read more
19 January 2016, Arab News The Ministry of Labor granted 48 new licenses to recruitment offices of household workers located in various areas of the Kingdom, as well as preliminary approvals to 149 others. This comes as part of the ministry’s recent eff... read more
13 January 2016, Saudi Gazette The Ministry of Labor has warned against selling visas and transferring sponsorship of expatriates on social media saying the culprit can be charged with human trafficking, Makkah newspaper reported. International Law Profes... read more