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foreign-workers

Regulations 3 months ago

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Manpower Ministry imposes Rp 7 billion in fines over foreign worker hiring

Most cases flagged through the ministry’s new labor complaints platform, Lapor Menaker, are tied to industrial relations and wages, followed by cases involving social security and working hours.

Companies 4 months ago

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Ministry expels 94 foreign workers from industrial zone over compliance issues

The Manpower Ministry has expelled 94 foreign workers from the special economic zone (SEZ) in Sei Mangkei, North Sumatra, for failing to meet legal requirements.

Society 8 months ago

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Indonesia, Germany see new programs for migrant workers training

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Indonesia is working with the German Federal Government and the Goethe Institute cultural center to open two new centers focusing on training Indonesian migrant workers sent to Germany and other countries.

Editorial 9 months ago

Love our expats

Our bureaucrats should learn to be less xenophobic in dealing with expatriates.

Politics 9 months ago

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Labor group slams foreign worker permit corruption case

Extorting foreign workers and their agents may constitute a violation of workers’ rights as protected in a United Nations’ convention on migrant workers, according to advocacy groups.

Politics 9 months ago

Manpower minister dismisses officials implicated in KPK raid

Manpower minister dismisses officials implicated in a foreign worker services graft case being investigated by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

Asia & Pacific 1 year ago

Indonesian bus driver to be first to work under new Japan visa status

Securing bus drivers is becoming a major challenge for Japan, with the government projecting a shortage of around 22,000 workers in 2029.

Middle East and Africa 1 year ago

Foreign workers trapped and terrified in Lebanon's conflict

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says Lebanon hosts more than 177,000 migrant workers, primarily from Africa and Asia, while another estimate from Human Rights Watch has quoted Lebanon's Labour Ministry as saying the number is around 250,000.

Economy 1 year ago

Bahlil discusses reliance on foreign labor in nickel downstreaming

Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia completed his doctoral program in only one year and eight months, causing an uproar among University of Indonesia alumni.

Middle East and Africa 1 year ago

Thai national killed by anti-tank missile in north Israel: first responders

Thai nationals in Israel have been particularly hard hit since the start of the war with Hamas, with at least 39 killed as a result of the Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel.

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