03/30/2009 Foreign employers of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) may soon be granted multiple-entry visa if the proposed visa arrangement by the Bureau of Immigration (BI) and representatives of the overseas employment industry pushes through without a hitch. This new visa that will give indefinite stay in the country to foreign employers of OFWs is in the pipeline and is a...
DOLE, OWWA readying aid to repatriated OFWs
Malaya
Malaya
THE Department of Labor and Employment is readying an assistance package to help tide over repatriated overseas Filipino workers. Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said she has instructed the Overseas Workers Welfare...
Migrante asks RP posts in ME to recover OFW passports from employers
Malaya
Malaya
MIGRANTE International yesterday called on all Philippine embassies in the Middle East to recover the passports of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) that have been confiscated by their...
Cimatu off to Iraq to check on OFWs
Inquirer
Inquirer
MANILA, PhilippinesThe Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has sent Special Ambassador Roy Cimatu to Iraq to "assess the security situation" of some 6,000 Filipino migrant workers in that Middle East country. Cimatu's...
Foreign guest workers perform manual labor jobs in Miami
The Examiner
The Examiner
Pedro Gomez is glad he has a landscaping job....
Foreign labour levels squeezed as financial crisis shrinks job market
The Guardian
The Guardian
OECD report suggests migrants face stricter controls, lack of opportunities and a reduction in job security Migrant workers from Romania pick wine grapes in southern Britain. Photograph: Jason Alden/Rex Features...
Fire Pinoy OFWs in Iraq, US orders labor contractors
Malaya
Malaya
THE United States has ordered all its military contractors in Iraq to send home workers whose countries have a deployment ban in the war-torn region. In a two-page memorandum issued last July 20,...
McClaren tells bosses to go abroad
ESPN
ESPN
July 15, 2010 Wolfsburg boss Steve McClaren believes British managers have to go abroad if they want a chance of taking a top job. GettyImages Steve McClaren joined Wolfsburg for "the experience and challenge" McClaren...
'Find new destinations for foreign job seekers'
The Himalayan
The Himalayan
KATHMANDU: The future is uncertain. The uncertainties refer to foreign employment because no one knows when it booms or takes a dive. But experts, outsourcers and government officials think that the current destinations...
Foreign job scams worth Rs 348m
The Himalayan
The Himalayan
KATHMANDU: Nepali foreign employment sector witnessed a sharp fall in overseas job scams last year. Overseas jobs related fraud fell by 24.27 per cent and stood at 655 cases amounting Rs 384 million. Around 865 fraud...

