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The Straits Times Entry ban to further squeeze manpower in Spores construction, landscaping sectors Workers from India and Bangladesh make up the bulk of the foreign workforce in the industry.PHOTO: ST FILE https://str.sg/JtZ8 They can read the article in full after signing up for a free account. Share link: Or share via: Sign up or log in to read this article in full Sign up All done! This article is now fully available for you Read now Get unlimited access to all stories at $0.99/month for th...

Pandemic restrictions on foreign seasonal workers could crimp the U.S. summer. An amusement park attraction at a pier in Wildwood, N.J., last July. Employers who hire foreign seasonal workers are having difficulty filling positions.Credit...Mark Makela/Getty Images May 1, 2021, 10:20 a.m. ET With the U.S. summer tourist season looming and vaccinations gathering steam, summer camps, amusement parks, beachside hotels and restaurants — anticipating an influx of visitors — are confronting a ...

pic). The Human Resources Minister said that monthly salary payments made by employers will be monitored by the e-Wages system in “real-time”, in order to ensure that wages were paid to foreign workers before the seventh of each month, according to the Employment Act 1955. “Before this, there isn’t any mechanism that is used in the employment market to monitor wage payments to workers in the country, ” he said in a statement on Thursday (April 29). At the same time, Saravanan said the...

Thursday, 29 Apr 2021 05:35 PM MYT BY KENNETH TEE Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan said the e-wages module, set to be launched soon, will ensure employee salaries are paid before the 7th of each month as stipulated under the Employment Act 1955. — Bernama pic Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 — The government is committed to implementing the electronic wages or “e-wages” system as soon as possible to...

Minister Datuk Seri Dr Stephen Rundi (pic) said 60 contract workers at the Baleh site were found to lack the necessary permits during the screening of workers after a local employee from Kapit tested positive for Covid-19 on April 18. He said the undocumented workers were escorted out of the Baleh site by Immigration officers on April 24, including one who tested positive and has been placed in treatment. "SEB has assured the ministry that an investigation has been launched. "All errant contra...

SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Health Singapore has said that it found that 24 workers at Westlite Woodlands dormitory had tested positive for Covid-19. Of these cases, five are likely to be cases of reinjection. They occupied the same room at the dormitory as the 35-year-old Bangladeshi construction supervisor and his roommate who had tested positive for Covid-19 last week, the Straits Times reported. The health Ministry added: "There is currently no evidence of transmission to the rest of the d...

26 Apr 2021 The Koch brothers’ network of donor class organizations is begging President Joe Biden to import more foreign workers whom United States businesses can hire instead of jobless Americans. Last week, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced that businesses would be allowed to hire an additional 22,000 foreign H-2B visa workers to take non-agricultural U.S. jobs, 6,000 of which will go to nationals in Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala. In a lett...

Workers at Exclusive Montana Resort Reach $1 Million Wage Settlement A group of guest workers from Jamaica had accused the Yellowstone Club and Hospitality Staffing Solutions of shortchanging their wages and tips. The Yellowstone Club near Big Sky, Mont. Bill Gates and Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel have been identified as members who own property at the resort.Credit...Erik Petersen/Bozeman Daily Chronicle, via Associated Press April 27, 2021Updated 12:05 p.m. ET Dozens of guest workers fr...

Ms. Dama’s post on the video-sharing app TikTok, a parody of the song “Renee” by the American indie rock duo Sales, vents about the stresses of her job as a house cleaner for a family in Saudi Arabia, where she has worked since leaving her native Kenya in 2019. One of several videos of hers that have spread widely on the platform, it has amassed more than 900,000 views and nearly 6,000 comments since it was posted in August. Far from home and in unfamiliar settings, domestic workers in th...

SINGAPORE - Before the pandemic hit migrant worker dormitories hard last year, Indian construction foreman Mathiyalagan Kathikeyan used to share a room with 11 other people.. Read more at straitstimes.com.