#migrant-workers

#migrant-workers

Those who apply have to undergo an interview and are then assessed on a number of criteria and they are required to work in Singapore for more than two years. Once named an ambassador, they are then trained to educate about problematic gambling behaviors. They also share crime prevention advisories with the CCIB's guidance and help guide peers towards available support, including casino self-exclusion. The people selected must participate in at least one outreach session at dormitories or recreational centers during their two-year term.

While federal agents working for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) are running up on migrant workers in Home Depot parking lots, the home improvement corporation has decided to take a stand - against the migrant workers. Reporting by The Guardian reveals a cruel new initiative being rolled out to one high-traffic Home Depot location in Los Angeles' Cypress Park: high-pitched noise machines meant to shoo away day laborers.

Carlos Fernandes is proud of the metalwork he does on Dutch superyachts that sail the world. But the Portuguese migrant worker was surprised to hear he might be paying hundreds of euros too much in monthly rent for his family's apartment. We found it and we moved in, he said. It should be between 800 and 1,115 but we are paying 1,380.

The owner of an Etobicoke-based Canadian Tire store has been fined $111,000 by the federal government for violating the guidelines of Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) program. Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), the federal ministry that runs the TFW program, found branch owner Ezhil Natarajan in violation of two guidelines: that wages, work conditions or the job did not match what was listed in offers of employment and that employees were assigned to work different roles than what they were hired for.

Nothing really prepared us for where we would be working or the fact that it was so far from the nearest village. The work was strenuous, the shifts were 12 hours, and we were living in makeshift tents, says Alam. It was incredibly hot, and the contractor kept yelling at us for not working longer or harder, threatening us by saying that he would kill us and no one would even know we had disappeared. But the bigger problem was that he was not paying us on time or in full.

Trade unions from 36 countries have filed a complaint with the International Labour Organisation over the treatment of migrant workers in Saudi Arabia.

The government is kicking us while we're already down. For years, the sector has been propping itself up with dwindling resources, rising costs, and mounting vacancies.

Paddy McKillen's lawsuit claims that the Qatari royals exploited his work in luxury hotel expansion, paralleling other allegations of unpaid migrant workers during the World Cup.

Sharanjeet Kaur faced severe labor exploitation and harassment while working for €200 a week with minimal breaks, leading to her receiving a compensation award after the case.

Trump insisted that the administration's priority is still deporting migrant criminals - not those who merely crossed the border illegally.