Cooperation between government, manpower and regulatory bodies should be strengthened for successful implementation of employer pay model: Labor Secretary
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Top officials from countries that send and receive workers to the Gulf region have concluded that there is no room for compromise on employer pay models.
The "Asia-Gulf Dialogue" held in Kathmandu on June 11 and 12 in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has concluded to implement the employer pay model in order to end the wrong practice of charging fees from workers. The
dialogue was attended by top officials from 25 countries in Asia, including major destinations in the Gulf that recruit workers and send workers. "To end the wrong practice of charging fees from workers, employers should convert the principle of bearing all expenses into a universally binding standard," Labor Secretary Krishnahari Pushkar said, "The recruitment process for workers should be transparent, fair and free." There is no room for compromise.'
At present, representatives of Asian and Gulf countries concluded in Kathmandu to ensure the rights, rights and future of more than 25 million workers in Asia, including 1.5 million Nepalis in the Gulf region alone. According to Labor Secretary Pushkar, it will be further discussed at the International Migration Review Forum to be held in 2026. He said that the dialogue concluded that the development of regular labor migration routes, fair labor recruitment process, skill development and coordination of policies to promote access to social security is necessary. He emphasized on the need to strengthen cooperation between the government, manpower and regulatory bodies for the successful implementation of
employer pay model. "Nepal is promoting Government-Government (GTUG), Government-Business (GTB), Business-Government (BTUG) and Business-Business (BTUB) collaboration models of equitable recruitment," he said, "Through these models, fair recruitment, exchange of information and recruitment of workers conforming to international standards are being done."
Nepal has made tickets and visas free for a decade. The government's policy is that workers going to the Gulf will be allowed to pay a service fee of only 10,000 rupees. There is a zero cost duty policy for workers going to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Malaysia. But even though there are different models, only a few employers are implementing the 100% employment pay model under BTUB. Most of them are five-star hotels in the Gulf, large companies and manufacturing companies in Malaysia. Workers going to Korea and Israel are paying for the ticket themselves. In the
dialogue, the Ministry of Labor said that Nepal is building a technology-based e-immigration system, giving priority to the digital transformation of the immigration management system. "Strict monitoring, easy access to justice and protection of victims should be done to end problems such as exploitation, non-payment of wages, violation of contract agreements from the admission process to the workplace," Secretary Pushkar said, "For this, we are building a technology-based e-immigration system." This technique is not only an administrative reform but also a structural transformation. This will eliminate middlemen, increase transparency and strengthen accountability.'
This effort to make migration routes between the two regions more fair and orderly will help in policy making, said Stuart Simpson, Deputy Regional Director of IOM's Asia-Pacific Regional Office.
