Kathmandu. The Supreme Court’s directive seven years ago to make arrangements for the employers to bear the expenses of visa and air tickets for workers going for foreign employment in seven destinations of Asia, including the Gulf countries, has not yet been implemented.
The Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security has failed to play an effective role in controlling fraud through employment brokers (manpower).
The Supreme Court had also issued a directive order on July 27, 2018 to effectively implement the decision of free visa and tickets for Nepali workers going to seven labor destination countries including the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
Despite the ministry’s decision and the Supreme Court’s order, manpower suppliers continue to exploit workers on various pretexts.
Section 24 of the Foreign Employment Act, 2064 states that the maximum limit of service fee per worker and promotion expenses for a particular country or company will be fixed by the concerned organization.
According to the records of the Department of Foreign Employment, fiscal year 2080. Out of the total number of 741,297 foreign employment in 81, only 643,804 (87 per cent) went to those countries and 193,438 (26 per cent) went to foreign employment in the United Arab Emirates alone.
In its 62nd annual report, the Office of the Auditor General has also suggested the Department of Foreign Employment to make the visa and ticket collection of major labor destination countries easier and economical.
