BIZ-EMPLOYMENT: U.N. NEW YORK – Migrant construction workers’ children exposed to violence: UN
The construction site of the 12-billion-baht new parliament on Kiakkai Road in Bangkok is seen on June 19, 2015. (Bangkok
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BIZ-EMPLOYMENT: KUALA LUMPUR- Wages in Malaysia too low to attract local workers
Picture for representational purpose only. — AFP . AT a more attractive level of wages, Malaysian workers would not shun “dirty,
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BIZ-EMPLOYMENT: VIENTIANE – Govt vows to bolster workers’ rights
Labour authorities say the government will protect the rights of all workers employed in development projects around the country, no
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BIZ-EMPLOYMENT: MANILA – Jobless rate down but underemployment rises
Fewer Filipinos were jobless at the start of the year but the number of those looking for more work also
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OVERSEAS WORK-EMPLOYMENT: PHNOM PENH – Foreigners urged to get work permits
General Sok Phal, director general of the general department of immigration. KT/Mai Vireak . . More than 100,000 foreigners of about
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IMMIGRATION-OVERSEA WORKERS: Manila – Kuwait vows to get couple in OFW slay
A SISTER’S GRIEF. Jessica (center), sister of Filipina worker Joanna Demafelis, whose body was found inside a freezer in Kuwait,
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JOHOR BARU, Malaysia: EMPLOYMENT – 20 Filipinos detained for using fake ID
Picture for representational purpose only. — AFP. . JOHOR BARU, Malaysia . JOHOR BARU: Twenty Filipino nationals were detained for
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US & CANADA: HUMAN RIGHTS – Women’s rights, harassment and pay inequality
(File pix) Protesters calling for greater equality and rights for women in a . . By Mushtak Parker IT is a
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JAKARTA: Manufacturing – Unilever, PTPN Agree to Accelerate Sustainable Palm Oil Production in Indonesia
A worker unloads oil palm fruits to a local palm oil factory in Serdang Bedagai, North Sumatra. (Reuters Photo/Y.T. Haryono)
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MANILA: BREAKING NEWS – Media group deplores termination of 60 CNN Philippines workers
A media advocacy group lamented the reported termination of around 60 employees of CNN Philippines due to “right-sizing.” .
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