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With less than two years before the Dec. 31, 2014, end of the Commonwealth-only worker program, CNMI Delegate Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan (Ind-MP) has asked acting U.S. Labor Secretary Seth D. Harris not only to extend the transition period by five years or up to 2019 but also to make a decision “ideally within the next six months” from February-or by A

(New York) –  Ten leading international organizations called on ministers of labor around the globe in a letter released today to protect child domestic workers and to ratify the ILO Domestic Workers Convention

Gov. Benigno R. Fitial signed into law yesterday a two-year-old bill removing the mandatory requirement for CNMI employers to pay 100 percent of their foreign workers' medical insurance for nonresident workers-a new law that some affected workers said would force them to forego buying medical insurance altogether if employers do not commit to pay at least half of

Shortly before a deadline to act on a pending bill or it automatically becomes law, Gov. Benigno R. Fitial received the Saipan Chamber of Commerce's position supporting the removal of the mandatory health insurance for alien workers. The Chamber is also requesting an amendment to the CNMI's labor law in light of federal takeover of immigration.

Asian banks are encouraged to be more pro-active in creating investment products to tap the US$325 billion remittances that migrant workers in developing countries send home annually.

GENEVA (AFP) – Political upheaval, violence, natural disasters and development projects have forced some 72.4 million people to migrate from their homes worldwide, the Red Cross said Tuesday.

GENEVA - A landmark treaty on the protection of the up to 100 million domestic workers in the world will take effect within the next year, the International Labor Organization (ILO) said Wednesday.

Six men have been arrested on suspicion of being illegal immigrants after being spotted jumping from a van in Cumbria.