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Kuwait crackdowns nearly 27 fake labor agencies

Kuwait crackdowns nearly 27 fake labor agencies

In a step towards ensuring labor safety, Kuwait ran an operation to identify fake agencies in the country under which, the country clamped down several fake labor recruitment agencies. The Kuwaiti police cracked down 27

US Embassy In Kenya Waives Off Interview Formality For Renewal Candidates Post One Year Expiration

US Embassy In Kenya Waives Off Interview Formality For Renewal Candidates Post One Year Expiration

The US Embassy in Kenya is going to do away with interviews to be held for eligible candidates whose visa has expired within a year. The embassy is making the movement into the US easier

Human Rights Groups Slam Pharma Giants For Personal Gains Over Sharing Covid-19 Vaccine Formula For Mass Use

Human Rights Groups Slam Pharma Giants For Personal Gains Over Sharing Covid-19 Vaccine Formula For Mass Use

A recent report has just shown that only less than one percent of almost 6bn doses have gone to low-income countries. The human rights groups are now slamming pharma companies to not place their profits

Singapore government extends support for Construction Workers

Singapore government extends support for Construction Workers

Singapore will be extending the waiver of foreign worker levies for Stay Home Notice from end-September to end-December. This will be done so as to encourage employers bring in construction workers safely and give them

Why Post Brexit Will Hit Worker Rights Severely?

Why Post Brexit Will Hit Worker Rights Severely?

It seems it has become fashionable to make promises and not keep them in the European Union, especially when it comes to workers fair rights.  The post Brexit repercussions will come to hit the workers

Pakistan Media Professionals Demand Fair Pay And Respect For Worker Rights

Pakistan Media Professionals Demand Fair Pay And Respect For Worker Rights

Violence against media is not new. But it is now taking the proportions of gross violation of human rights. There is an anti workers alliance at play in Pakistan that is threatening the rights of

Labor and Unions clash with Morrison government for workers’ rights

Labor and Unions clash with Morrison government for workers’ rights

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s newly proposed industrial reforms bill has escalated a row with the Labor party and workers’ unions. The bill aimed at introducing pay cuts for workers in order to save certain

Australian Federal Government new laws could mean big changes for casual workers rights

Australian Federal Government new laws could mean big changes for casual workers rights

The Australian Federal Government will present its eagerly awaited revamp of industrial relations laws motivated by the outbreak of the covid-19 pandemic.  Businesses would have the option to offer extra hours to part-time workers without

Malaysia faces condemnation over mistreatment of migrant workers amid rising Covid scenario

Malaysia faces condemnation over mistreatment of migrant workers amid rising Covid scenario

Of late Malaysia has faced a huge surge in the covid infection cases, mainly attributed to the migrant workers and their congested living in dormitories. In November, the South-Asian country counted a record 2,188 COVID-19

Qatar: Companies fail to pay “hundreds of millions of dollars” in salaries to migrant workers

Qatar: Companies fail to pay “hundreds of millions of dollars” in salaries to migrant workers

According to a new research conducted by the human rights group Equidem, many of Qatari companies failed to pay salaries to its workers since the coronavirus outbreak, summing the total outstanding amount close to “hundreds