President Rodrigo Duterte has certified the passage of the Security of Tenure Bill as urgent. Senator Joel Villanueva, chair of the Senate committee on labor, employment and human resources development, released a …
Singapore Gov’t Suspends Agency Behind Online ‘Sale’ of Indonesian Migrant Workers
Singapore suspended SRC Recruitment, an employment agency, for advertising Indonesian migrant workers for sale on online marketplace Carousell. This agency may be prosecuted for violating Singapore’s Employment Agencies Act. Under …
Labor moves to protect gig economy workers
Federal Labor will consider widening the definition of employees to cover gig economy workers following concern employers are exploiting legal loopholes to classify employees as independent contractors. A Labor-led Senate …
Human Traffickers Finding New Ways to Avoid Arrest
New challenges face the human trafficking squad of Myanmar’s police force in the fight against cross-border trafficking of Myanmar women into China, said the police. “The number of human trafficking …
Thailand to legalise illegal fish workers
Thailand would soon start legalising thousands of illegal Myanmar workers in its fishing industry as a first step to the signing of an agreement to provide more workers for the …
Thailand’s slave fishermen: What’s needed to solve the crisis?
The government favours technological solutions, but workers say collective action is essential to stopping abuse. https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/thailand-slave-fishermen-needed-solve-crisis-180911223139627.html
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