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...
Roque directs POEA to review policy on direct hiring of OFWs
Malaya
Malaya
LABOR Secretary Marianito Roque yesterday said he has ordered the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) to review the ban on the direct hiring of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) for Hong Kong....
Govt vows training, assistance to help OFWs reintegrate in community after killer Haiti quake
The Daily Tribune
The Daily Tribune
02/02/2010 The government vowed to give returning Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) full assistance to help them start over after losing employment in the aftermath of killer quake that struck their workplace in Haiti...
Presma seeks to reduce illegal foreign workers
The Star
The Star
fazleena@thestar.com.my The Malaysian Muslim Restaurant Operators Association (Presma) will soon be advertising 25,000 job opportunities in the restaurant industry throughout the country. The move, to start next week, is...
OFWs now covered by Pag-IBIG program Cabinet group cites need for military to maintain peace gains-->
Malaya
Malaya
FILIPINO workers from formal and informal sectors here and abroad are now considered as members of Home Development Mutual Fund or Pag-IBIG Fund with the passage of R.A. 9679 (Home Development Mutual Fund Law of 2009)...
Labor agency may ease rules on hiring foreign workers
Taipei Times
Taipei Times
RECOVERY: With the economy picking up, the demand for additional workers to boost factory output is rising, said the Council of Labor Affairs The Council of Labor Affairs is mulling easing restrictions on foreign workers...
Agency refunded $15,000 in illegal foreign recruitment fees
CBC
CBC
An unlicensed Edmonton employment agency has paid back $15,000 in illegal fees it charged people in the local...
30% of Tokyo nursing homes surveyed hire foreigners as caregivers+
Breitbart
Breitbart
TOKYO, Jan. 20 (AP) - (Kyodo)More than 30 percent of nursing homes for the elderly who need care in Tokyo are hiring foreigners as caregivers, a recent survey by a...


