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Myanmar Stops Foreign Work Permits After Military Service Law Sparks Rush
Myanmar's junta has suspended the issuing of permits for men to work abroad, it said, weeks after introducing a military conscription law that led to thousands trying to leave the country. In 2020, 4 million Myanmar nationals were working abroad.
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Qatar Lifts Exit Visa System; Workers Can Now Leave Without Permits
Qatar amended its residency laws on Tuesday to allow foreign workers to leave the country without exit permits from their employers, a provision which labour rights groups have long said should be abolished.
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UN Employee Charged With Visa Fraud, Underpaying Bangladeshi Worker
US prosecutors have accused a United Nations employee in New York of committing visa fraud by bringing into the country a domestic worker from Bangladesh and then failing to pay her a lawful wage.
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Centre's New Push Soon On 'Hire And Fire' Law To Boost Jobs
The Narendra Modi government is to make a renewed drive to overhaul labour laws, hoping to create millions of new jobs by making it easier to hire and fire, the labour ministry's top bureaucrat said today.
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Opinion: PM Modi, Can You Bring Back This Investment
Prime Minister Modi's retinue on his frequent foreign trip often includes top businessmen representing India's powerful and rich. Are they the best ambassadors for our country?
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World Cup Hosts Qatar Vow to Change 'Kafala' Labour Law
The emirate's controversial "kafala" sponsorship law, which limits the rights of movement for foreign workers, would be replaced by legislation "currently under review," said Qatar's labour and social affairs ministry.
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Free air tickets for Keralites returning from Saudi Arabia
Kerala government has decided to provide free air tickets to Keralites who want to return from Saudi Arabia, where illegal foreigners were targeted under the country's new labour law, a state minister said.
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Foreign workers queue to quit Saudi Arabia
Tens of thousands of foreign workers are trying to leave Saudi Arabia after the government of the world's No. 1 oil exporter said they would be forgiven any fees or fines for visa violations such as overstaying or switching jobs.
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Saudi's Nitaqat law: Procedures implemented in Indian workers' interest, says Finance Minister Al-Faisal
In a bid to allay India's concerns over the controversial 'Nitaqat' labour law, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal today said "procedures" are being taken in the "best interest of Indian workers".
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Indian embassy in Saudi Arabia gets 15,000 passports
The Indian embassy in Riyadh has received around 15,000 passports of Indian workers in Saudi Arabia, facing cases of running away from their local sponsors and other violations, from that country's foreign ministry.
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Saudi king orders three-month delay to illegal worker crackdown
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah on Saturday ordered a three-month delay to a crackdown on migrant workers which has led to thousands of deportations, to give foreigners in the kingdom a chance to sort out their papers.
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Myanmar Stops Foreign Work Permits After Military Service Law Sparks Rush
Myanmar's junta has suspended the issuing of permits for men to work abroad, it said, weeks after introducing a military conscription law that led to thousands trying to leave the country. In 2020, 4 million Myanmar nationals were working abroad.
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Qatar Lifts Exit Visa System; Workers Can Now Leave Without Permits
Qatar amended its residency laws on Tuesday to allow foreign workers to leave the country without exit permits from their employers, a provision which labour rights groups have long said should be abolished.
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UN Employee Charged With Visa Fraud, Underpaying Bangladeshi Worker
US prosecutors have accused a United Nations employee in New York of committing visa fraud by bringing into the country a domestic worker from Bangladesh and then failing to pay her a lawful wage.
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Centre's New Push Soon On 'Hire And Fire' Law To Boost Jobs
The Narendra Modi government is to make a renewed drive to overhaul labour laws, hoping to create millions of new jobs by making it easier to hire and fire, the labour ministry's top bureaucrat said today.
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Opinion: PM Modi, Can You Bring Back This Investment
Prime Minister Modi's retinue on his frequent foreign trip often includes top businessmen representing India's powerful and rich. Are they the best ambassadors for our country?
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World Cup Hosts Qatar Vow to Change 'Kafala' Labour Law
The emirate's controversial "kafala" sponsorship law, which limits the rights of movement for foreign workers, would be replaced by legislation "currently under review," said Qatar's labour and social affairs ministry.
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Free air tickets for Keralites returning from Saudi Arabia
Kerala government has decided to provide free air tickets to Keralites who want to return from Saudi Arabia, where illegal foreigners were targeted under the country's new labour law, a state minister said.
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Foreign workers queue to quit Saudi Arabia
Tens of thousands of foreign workers are trying to leave Saudi Arabia after the government of the world's No. 1 oil exporter said they would be forgiven any fees or fines for visa violations such as overstaying or switching jobs.
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Saudi's Nitaqat law: Procedures implemented in Indian workers' interest, says Finance Minister Al-Faisal
In a bid to allay India's concerns over the controversial 'Nitaqat' labour law, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal today said "procedures" are being taken in the "best interest of Indian workers".
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Indian embassy in Saudi Arabia gets 15,000 passports
The Indian embassy in Riyadh has received around 15,000 passports of Indian workers in Saudi Arabia, facing cases of running away from their local sponsors and other violations, from that country's foreign ministry.
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Saudi king orders three-month delay to illegal worker crackdown
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah on Saturday ordered a three-month delay to a crackdown on migrant workers which has led to thousands of deportations, to give foreigners in the kingdom a chance to sort out their papers.
