After Pandemic and Brexit, U.K. Begins to See Gaps Left by European Workers
LONDON — Agnieszka Bleka has had to work hard in past years to find companies that need workers, spending much of her day [...]
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After Pandemic and Brexit, U.K. Begins to See Gaps Left by European Workers
LONDON — Agnieszka Bleka has had to work hard in past years to find companies that need workers, spending much of her day [...]
Smaller crowds at migrant worker hangouts on first day of tightened Covid-19 measures
SINGAPORE – Public spaces usually abuzz with the chatter of migrant workers enjoying their off days were quiet on Sunday afternoon (May 16), [...]
NTUC working with partners to push for other ways to transport workers
SINGAPORE – Two accidents last month have shown that trucks and lorries should not be used to transport migrant workers, and the labour [...]
Do Restrictions on H-1B Visas Create American Jobs?
Demand for the visas has increased despite Trump administration policies that made them less likely to be approved. By Youyou Zhou The DealBook [...]
MOM takes collaborative tack with dorm operators, residents
SINGAPORE – Inspectors from the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) used to visit the dormitories for foreign workers managed by Mr Eugene Aw only [...]
Dorm life one year on: New infections mean freer rest days are some way off
SINGAPORE – It was a rainy night last Saturday, and Terusan Recreation Centre in Pioneer was buzzing with activity. Migrant workers were spotted [...]
Purpose-built dorms now 60% filled, down from 88% a year ago
SINGAPORE – The average occupancy in purpose-built dormitories (PBDs) for migrant workers is around 60 per cent of their maximum limit today, down [...]
House Votes to Give Millions of Dreamers and Farmworkers a Path to Citizenship
Democrats vowed the votes would be the first step toward enacting President Biden’s immigration agenda. But Republicans galvanized by border politics promised to [...]
Covid-19 weighs on remittances, putting plans on hold for millions
JAKARTA – Like many families in the village of Semerak in Central Java, Mr Pipit Wahyudi, 26, and his father as well as his [...]