‘Work Abroad’ Archives
Employers must keep employment agreements for all staff
Employment-related issues and employment fraud are two common concerns among new migrants, and a new law change goes a step further to protect employees’ rights. Employers in New Zealand are legally required to have a written employment agreement for every employee. [Read More]
Guidance event for migrants to New Zealand
Adjusting to a new town, let alone a new country can often be a stressful experience for the casual traveler. But migrants coming to New Zealand face the added stress of having to settle in quickly and re-start their life in a new land. This can be a confusing and long [Read More]
High commission to accept online visa requests
The Indian High Commission in New Zealand is about to implement the online visa scheme. From 30 May 2011, the high commission in Wellington will accept only online visa applications. “After this date, the High Commission will not accept manual, handwritten or typed [Read More]
Visa free entry for Indians to New Zealand?
Will Indians get visa-free entry to New Zealand by the end of 2011? If you think it will, you can put your money where your mouth is. New Zealand’s online predictions market, iPredict Ltd, launched stocks to predict whether the Kiwi Government will waive visa [Read More]
Australia slammed for poor human rights
Australia’s human rights record has come under criticism by the latest report by Amnesty International. The reports states that three Sri Lankan asylum-seekers were “forcibly returned to Sri Lanka from Australia”, and they “were subsequently arrested [Read More]
US Hindus have highest education, lowest divorce rate
Hindus living in the United States have the highest educational qualification and the lowest divorce rate, according to a recent survey. While national average is 11 percent, almost half of all Hindus (48 percent) in America have post-graduate degrees, followed by Jews at [Read More]
UK job market on double-speed
Jobs in the UK are on the rise, with the private sector showing confidence in hiring more employees. However, the public sector is not joining the party, but rather showing restraint. Also, the private sector companies that are dependent on the public sector are affected [Read More]
Australia to recruit 30,000 Indians
Australia needs as many as 2.4 million skilled employees over the next four years, and it is looking to India to fill part of this skills shortage. The demand, mostly driven by Australia’s booming mining sector, will be met by training more than 100,000 Indians, and [Read More]
NRIs slow on using voting rights
Despite the government of India offering the much-demanded voting rights to Indians living overseas, NRIs have been shunning away from exercising this right in the recent state assembly elections in India. For example, not even one NRI has registered to vote in the recent [Read More]
Singapore to hire 60,000 Indians
Jobs in Singapore are a big attraction for Indians, since Singapore offers higher pay rates and better living conditions than India. Singapore too is keen to attract more Indian professionals to meet its skills shortage. There are more than 300,000 jobs, mostly middle and [Read More]
