Labor migration in Asia: Protection of migrant workers, support services and enhancing development benefits
- Date
2005
- Abstract
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
- Place published
Geneva, Switzerland
- Publisher
International Organization for Migration
- File Attachments
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labour_migration_asia.pdf1.58 MB
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- Keywords
Role of recruitment agencies, malpractice of recruitment agencies and employers, contracts improvement
- Economic sectors
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, and Other
- Content types
Policy analysis and Support initiatives
- Target groups
Policymakers, Public awareness, Researchers, and NGOs/community groups/solidarity networks
- Regulation domains
Labour standards, Employment insurance, Remittances and co-development programs, and Recrutement / placement agencies
- Geographical focuses
Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan
- Spheres of activity
Economics, Law, and Management of human resources
- Languages
English