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Bound for home
By Darius Musni Featured stories and job trends
Talent Shortage
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Asia-Pacific
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Migrant Workers
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Alexander Mann Solutions
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Manpower
New tactics – from higher pay to work-life balance – can lure back workers to fill the skills shortage, writes Darius Musni.
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Foreigners head home as Saudi jobs go to locals
By Agencies Featured stories and job trends
Saudi Arabia
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Middle East
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International Monetary Fund
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Philippines
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Egypt
King Abdullah made reducing unemployment in the world’s top oil exporter a priority after the popular unrest that began in 2011 toppled or threatened leaders across the Middle East. His drive to replace foreign workers with Saudis has begun to transform the Arab world’s biggest economy and could hurt labour-exporting regions such as Egypt, Africa, as well as South and Southeast Asia.
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A dry season for Bangladeshis in UAE
By Xinhua Featured stories and job trends
Bangladeshi worker
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Bangladesh
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United Arab Emirates
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Gulf Arab states
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Migrant Workers
The number of Bangladeshis heading overseas to work has plummeted by nearly 46 per cent in the first five months of this year, as job opportunities have almost dried up in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) – one of the wealthiest Gulf states – according to a government official.
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Gulf building boom may be undermined by labour unrest
By Agencies Featured stories and job trends
Dubai
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Migrant Workers
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Strike
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Bahrain
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Saudi Arabia
As wages remain static despite labour shortage, rising industrial activism risks disrupting building projects. Rights groups say governments should make strikes and unions legal, as lack of rights make Gulf Arab region less of a draw for migrant workers
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Life in a pressure cooker
By Luisa Tam Featured stories and job trends
Foxconn
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Stress
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Community Development Initiative
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Employee Health
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Mainland
The Foxconn suicide tragedies have exposed not only the plight of migrant workers on the but also mounting stress levels ...
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