The Filipino emigrant workforce
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19:21 26/09/2014
Beginning in the 1970s the Philippines has focused on exporting labor overseas. In the first years of this new policy the numbers were relatively small, in the tens of thousands, but this continually...
The new center of Call-Centers – the Philippines
10:05 26/09/2014
By 2016, the income generated from Call-Centers in the Philippines may exceed the income from remittances by expatriate workers to the Philippines; for decades this has been the single largest source...
London businesses seek visa reforms
13:27 25/09/2014
Almost 50% of London-based businesses are calling for the UK government to reform the Tier 2 visa system over concerns about a shortage of skilled workers. A recent business survey was carried out by...
Infosys sued for favouring South Asian staff with H-1B visas over US employees
15:29 17/09/2014
The Indian outsourcing firm Infosys is being sued for discrimination in a US court. The case revolves around Infosys' use of H-1B 'specialty occupation' non-immigrant (temporary residence) visas...
Immigrants take 95% of new jobs in Australia since 2011
18:08 08/09/2014
A report written by an Australian academic states that there have been 400,000 jobs created in the Australian economy since 2011 and that migrants who have arrived in the country since that year have...
UK to remove migrant workers' tax-free allowance
19:00 04/09/2014
The UK government is considering changes to the tax system which could cost low-paid migrant workers thousands of pounds a year. The changes could mean that some will find it less attractive to come...
