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Wal-Mart lends US$50m for Bangladesh work safety
By Agencies Job Market Trend Report
Wal-Mart
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Bangladesh
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Worker Safety
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Li & Fung
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Workplace Safety
With a US$50-million loan to Bangladesh factory owners, US retail giant Wal-Mart joins global retailers in a push for safer plants in the country after the April collapse of a garment complex killed more than 1,000 workers
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Foreigners head home as Saudi jobs go to locals
By Agencies Featured stories and job trends
Saudi Arabia
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Middle East
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International Monetary Fund
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Philippines
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Egypt
King Abdullah made reducing unemployment in the world’s top oil exporter a priority after the popular unrest that began in 2011 toppled or threatened leaders across the Middle East. His drive to replace foreign workers with Saudis has begun to transform the Arab world’s biggest economy and could hurt labour-exporting regions such as Egypt, Africa, as well as South and Southeast Asia.
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A dry season for Bangladeshis in UAE
By Xinhua Featured stories and job trends
Bangladeshi worker
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Bangladesh
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United Arab Emirates
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Gulf Arab states
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Migrant Workers
The number of Bangladeshis heading overseas to work has plummeted by nearly 46 per cent in the first five months of this year, as job opportunities have almost dried up in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) – one of the wealthiest Gulf states – according to a government official.
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Bangladesh suffers big blow as UAE jobs dry up
By Agencies Job Market Trend Report
Bangladesh
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UAE
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Qatar
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Bangladeshi worker
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Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training
Only around 174,230 Bangladeshis found jobs abroad in January-May this year, down from some 321,720 during the same period in 2012, as UAE leads overseas labour markets cutting back on hiring from Bangladesh amid concerns over security and fake documents
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Bangladesh to allow unions for garment workers
Bangladesh’s government agreed Monday to allow the country’s garment workers to form trade unions without prior permission from factory owners, the latest response to a building collapse that killed more than 1,100 people and focused global attention on the industry’s hazardous conditions.
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