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Visa policy brings in more foreigners on short-term jobs and HK$20,000 salaries

About 80 per cent of the foreign nationals granted working visas under Hong Kong’s General Employment Policy (GEP) last year were hired on short-term contracts, while nearly half o...

World's largest island is filling its jobs with Southeast Asian workers

Filipinos and Thais have become the two largest foreign communities in Greenland, filling a labor gap the Arctic territory cannot close from its own population of about 57,000.

Over 317k workers seek jobs abroad

Economic woes drive growing manpower exodus

Indonesian workers allege forced labor, salary cuts

More foreign workers push Japan's overseas remittances to record high

How thousands of firms, from car washes to vape shops and kebab takeaways, have imported migrants on 'skilled worker' vi...

As fine a job the boys at Kalar Car Wash do on this industrial estate close to Huddersfield town centre in West Yorkshire, one would be hard-pressed to describe their work as skill...

Hostages of migrant worker exploitation


Foreign workers recruited to ease labor shortages in Greece fall prey to unscrupulous employers and labor brokers.

Foreign workers are leaving

KEPE study reveals a mass exodus of labor from abroad while local market faces shortages.

HR minister: Locals should be first priority when hiring, foreign labour only when necessary

SEREMBAN, July 28 — Malaysians must be given priority for available jobs before employers turn to foreign workers,...

Well-oiled labour supply chain facilitating illegal infiltration of Bangladeshis

Illegal immigrants from Bangladesh enter India through a planned labor supply chain. Touts facilitate their infiltration and transport to various job sites across India. Indian emp...

EDITORIAL: Labor rights for migrant workers

Southeast Asia's No.2 economy extends work permits for 770,000 foreigners to ease labor shortages

The Thai Cabinet has approved an extension of work permits for about 770,000 migrant workers from Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam in order to ensure an adequate workforce for the manufac...

Foreign workers earn nearly a quarter less than Germans

New government figures show foreign workers earn more than €1,000 a month less than German employees on average. But the numbers tell a more complicated story than some politicians...

Canada expands access to low-wage foreign workers for multi-site employers

Employers with several small work locations can now hire more temporary foreign workers, under new rules introduced by the Canadian federal government. Through an update to the gov...

No more walk-ins: Malaysia’s foreign worker recruitment now entirely online

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 22 — Applications for the recruitment of foreign workers are now fully processed online through the...

How Cambodian worker exodus exposes Thailand’s fragile labour model

After last year’s border conflict with Cambodia, hundreds of thousands of migrant workers left Thailand, exposing how dependent parts of its economy had become on cross-border labo...

Why Australia Relies on Migrant Workers More Than Most People Realise

Believe it or not, more than one-third of everyone working in Australia was born overseas. In our capital cities, that figure rises to around 42 per cent.  In my mind, those number...

Vietnam pays the price at home for sending workers abroad

Vietnam’s seafood and garment sectors are facing a labour shortfall even with raised wages, as Hanoi expands a drive to send more workers overseas for higher-paying jobs. The contr...

Canada Is Exploiting Migrant Agricultural Workers

Caribbean laborers report rat-infested rooms and abusive bosses.

Migrant workers eligible for occupational accident legal aid: Ministry

Saskatchewan cracks down on foreign worker exploitation

The first conviction under FWRISA has some experts saying there is a larger pattern of employers abusing foreign workers programs.

How foreign workers became an essential part of Japan’s ubiquitous konbini

Despite the fact that most are relatively new to Japan, konbini officials say foreign staff display impressive language and customer service skills.

Cambodian jobseekers fear debt trap over Thailand’s border reinforcement

Vin Lors used to earn about US$20 a day working on construction sites in Bangkok, nearly twice what he now makes in Cambodia. After the border conflict between Thailand and Cambodi...

Romanians rank second among foreign contributors to Spain’s social security system

The Spanish social security system registered a record number of 3.45 million foreign contributors in June of this year, and Romanians represented the second-largest group of forei...