The role of workers, migrant workers and expatriates

Summary:

Something you should know!!!!

-       One third of migrant workers worldwide are living in Europe, being juts a little lower than the number of those living in Asia and North America.

-       Most migrant women perform work temporary and the main destinations for doing this are Middle East, Asia and Southeast Asia.

-       In some countries, such as the Gulf region, more than 40 percent of the workforce is composed of migrants.

-       It is predicted that by 2030 India and China will have 40 percent of the global workforce.

What is de difference between Expatriate and Migrant?

Our world is full of diversities, which can be shared by the different ways of communication like television, and this diversity can create the image of best opportunities to people abroad different countries, which show how its own country is better than those how are still trying to develop better standards of living. Migration has been an important factor when improving the income, education and children’s future prospects in many places. Nurses, social worker, writers, political refugees, carpenters, construction workers, academics and computer professionals are all part of around 1 billion people on their heels both within their native countries and abroad. Recently, especially on countries such as Germany, the workers have had an increasing participation on the decision making process on the companies.

But…What is the real goal when going out from the country? Most of people migrate because they don’t have good opportunities on their own country so they go abroad in order to look for better prospects and quality of life. We can see how the multicultural background of these individuals and the policies that regulate their movement make human mobility one of the most perplexed issues that the world is facing today.

Question:

Explain how easy is it for Colombian companies to employ expatriates locally?

Colombian companies have some regulations when employing expatriates locally, because government tries to protect local labor hand.

In order to create a protection to the Colombian production, the government has created some rules and legislation that can guarantee the benefit and welfare of its own labor hand.

Some of the laws are:

“Article1. Employers, whatever their activity or nationality, shall give preference to recruitment of domestic workers.

Article2. The employment of foreign workers is subject to the labor of the activity privacy and the limits established by this Act and its services are covered under the scheme.”[1]

Bibliography:

·         http://www.iom.int/jahia/Jahia/labour-migration-and-demographics/lang/es

·         http://www.mintra.gob.pe/contenidos/archivos/prodlab/Ley%20de%20Contratacion%20de%20extranjeros.pdf

·         What You Do Depends on Where You Are: Understanding How Domestic and Expatriate Work Requirements Depend upon the Cultural Context Shung J. Shin, Frederick P. Morgeson, Michael A. Campion Journal of International Business Studies Vol. 38, No. 1 (Jan., 2007), pp. 64-83.

·         Expatriate Selection: Insuring Success and Avoiding Failure Richard D. Hays Journal of International Business Studies Vol. 5, No. 1 (Spring, 1974), pp. 25-37

·         Migration, Knowledge and Social Interaction: Expatriate Labour within Investment Banks Jonathan V. Beaverstock Area Vol. 28, No. 4 (Dec., 1996), pp. 459-470

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[1] http://www.mintra.gob.pe/contenidos/archivos/prodlab/Ley%20de%20Contratacion%20de%20extranjeros.pdf