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The 2009 law provided that migrant workers could only receive residence permits without sponsorship in very limited circumstances, that migrant workers are only allowed to work for the employer which sponsored them and that sponsorships can only be transferred by the Minister of Interior in case of labor disputes or when abuse of the employee ...
It emphasizes the connection between migration and human rights, which is increasingly becoming a crucial policy topic worldwide. The Convention aims at protecting migrant workers and members of their families; its existence sets a moral standard, and serves as a guide and stimulus for the promotion of migrant rights in each country.
Guarantee of health care access to migrant workers and accompanying family members. Protection of migrant worker rights to join trade unions and other migrant associations. Enforcement of guidelines for ethical recruitment and supervision of private recruitment. Acknowledgement of migrant worker qualifications obtained in home countries.
The act specifies, "Migrant worker refers to a person who is to be engaged, is engaged or has been engaged in a remunerated activity in a state of which he or she is not a legal resident; to be used interchangeably with overseas Filipino worker.". Regarding deployment of migrant workers, the act mandates, "The State shall deploy overseas ...
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A humanitarian organization in northeastern Mexico said it did not create flyers urging migrants to vote for President Joe Biden that were filmed at its shelter in a viral ...
At Bank of America, the second biggest U.S. lender, a similar policy has been in place since 2020 giving workers several hours of paid leave to vote, according to a person familiar with the matter ...
PolitiFact fact-checks immigration claims Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., made from her kitchen table in the GOP response to President Biden’s State of the Union address.
The Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (AWPA or MSPA) (public law 97-470) (January 14, 1983), codified at 29 U.S.C. §§ 1801-1872, is the main federal law that protects farm workers in the United States and repealed and replaced the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act (P.L. 88-582).