Au pairs in Finland subject to taxes
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14:08 01/11/2005
There are as many as several hundred au pairs (nannies) working in families in Finland, and the Finnish tax authorities regard them as illegal labour. The problem is that Finland has not ratified the...
Survey finds educated workers leave poor nations
17:24 25/10/2005
Poor countries across Africa, Central America and the Caribbean are losing sometimes staggering numbers of their college-educated workers to wealthy, industrialized democracies, according to a World...
Immigration prevents "brain drain" in Australia
12:16 28/06/2005
A new study argues that Australia is not suffering a so-called "brain drain," when a country loses many of its skilled workers. The Monash University study found high immigration and the return of...
US companies want more visas for unskilled foreign workers
15:19 02/05/2005
Small-business owners in the US who rely on international workers say they need more H2B visas to be available for foreign workers. The US government offered 66,000 visas under the H2B program, but...
Australia to take an additional 20,000 skilled migrants in 2005-06
12:30 14/04/2005
Australia will take an extra 20,000 skilled migrants in 2005-06 to help meet labour force needs. Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone said on 13 April 2005 that between 130,000 and 140,000 non-...
US H-1B Visa Applications can now be submitted
11:08 01/04/2005
If you wish to submit an H-1B Visa petition with a start date of 1 October 2005 or later you may submit anapplication from today 1 April 2005. However, you should not submitapplications under the...
