Eleven, Myanmar, 29 August 2021 - More Myanmar migrant workers are returning from China as they have difficulty with their living conditions due to factory and shop closures caused by the Covid-19 resurgence in Ruili and Kyel Gaung.
The Star, Indonesia, 29 August 2021 - Indonesian nursing staff are to alleviate the shortage of skilled workers in German institutions, according to the Federal Employment Agency.
NewsWire, Sri Lanka, 28 August 2021 - A new online portal has been established to pre-register migrant workers for the COVID-19 vaccination programme.
NDTV Profit, India, 28 August 2021 - Reserve Bank on Friday hiked the ceiling on remittances per transaction from India to Nepal to ₹ 2 lakh from ₹ 50,000, a move that will help facilitate retirement and pension-related payments to ex-servicemen settled in the neighbouring country. Besides, the central bank has removed the cap of 12 remittances in a year per remitter.
Nikkei Asia, China, 28 August 2021 - A series of complaints about employee mistreatment has left China's once-coveted tech sector confronting a broad range of labor issues amid a fierce nationwide debate and increased regulatory tightening, forcing some of the biggest players to adjust their workplace culture to attract and retain talent.
Nikkei Asia, Japan, 28 August 2021 - Coronavirus-induced worker shortages at farms and food distributors in Southeast Asia are being felt by supermarket shoppers thousands of kilometers away in Japan.
Economy Next, Sri Lanka, 27 August 2021 - Sri Lanka’s newly appointed Foreign Minister G L Pieris has sought to boost Korean language education to increase the bilateral links at a meeting with the East Asian nation’s envoy Santhush Woonjin Jeong.
UCA News, India, 27 August 2021 - India’s federal government has launched the eSHRAM-portal, an online national database of unorganized workers, to help them avail benefits of government schemes.
Business Standard, India, 27 August 2021 - Reserve Bank on Friday hiked the ceiling on remittances per transaction from India to Nepal to Rs 2 lakh from Rs 50,000, a move that will help facilitate retirement and pension-related payments to ex-servicemen settled in the neighbouring country.
The Daily Star, Bangladesh, 27 August 2021 - A fully-functional "one-stop service centre" should be created to provide all kinds of support and information to female migrant workers regarding their safe migration, said speakers during an online dialogue yesterday.
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