Labor migration in Asia: Protection of migrant workers, support services and enhancing development benefits
- Date
2005
- Résumé
Three countries, Pakistan, the Philippines and Sri Lanka are used as case studies in this book. The book will examine legal and structural frameworks for regulating recruitment activities, licensing and supervision of agencies, monitoring of recruitment agencies, processing and documentation of workers, benchmarks for fixing minimum standards of overseas employment contracts, role of private recruitment agencies in labor migration, regulation and mechanisms for regulating recruitment of vulnerable workers, malpractice by private recruitment agencies, malpractice by employers, illegal recruitment and unlawful emigration, redress for violation of rights of migrant workers, efforts at enforcing minimum standards in Employment contracts, other mechanism t check abuses by recruitment agencies and good practices and lessons learned on regulation o recruitment.
- Number of pages
1-361
- Lieu de publication
Geneva, Switzerland
- Éditeur
International Organization for Migration
- Fichiers joints
- Liens
- Mots-clés
Role of recruitment agencies, malpractice of recruitment agencies and employers, contracts improvement
- Secteurs économiques
Agriculture and horticulture workers, Occupations in services - Domestic work, Sales and service occupations - general, Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations - general, Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations - general, Labourers in food, beverage and associated products processing, Dancers et Autre
- Types de contenu
Policy analysis et Initiatives de soutien
- Groupes cibles
Législateurs, Sensibilisation du public, Chercheurs et ONG/groupes communautaires/réseaux de solidarité
- Domaines de réglementation
Normes du travail, Assurance-emploi, Envois de fonds et programmes de co-développement et Agences de recrutement et de placement
- Pertinence géographique
Philippines, Sri Lanka et Pakistan
- Sphères d’activité
Économie, Droit et Gestion des ressources humaines
- Langues
Anglais
