According to the standards of the ILO, the rights of workers, occupational health protection, change of employers, fair recruitment of workers are included in the agreement.
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The government has given permission to the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security to enter into a labor agreement with Saudi Arabia. The Cabinet meeting approved the labor agreement with Saudi Arabia on Friday.
The Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security negotiated with the Saudis in stages and drafted the labor agreement and sent it to the Council of Ministers for approval. With the approval of the draft by the Cabinet, the way is open for a labor agreement with Saudi Arabia.
The Ministry of Labor is going to make an agreement regarding the skill certification program of general and skilled workers by keeping the contract of domestic workers. We will send the labor agreement passed by the Cabinet to Saudi Arabia. After that, we will sign the labor contract after looking at both parties' agreement,' said an official of the Ministry of Labor.
In the last week of May last week in Geneva, Labor, Employment and Social Security Minister Sharatsingh Bhandari and Saudi Arabia's Deputy Minister of International Affairs Tariq Al Hamad agreed to make a general labor agreement by keeping the agreement related to domestic workers. The ministry has said that more homework will be done for the contract related to domestic workers.
According to the standards of the International Labor Organization (ILO), workers' rights, occupational health protection, change of employers, fair hiring of workers are included in the agreement. An official of the ministry said that the issues of high cost charges, end of double contracts, minimum wage assurance and speedy repatriation of dead bodies were also addressed.
There are currently four lakh Nepalis working in Saudi Arabia. Most are employed in the construction and service sectors. In the last 10 years, 1,352,800 people worked in Saudi Arabia alone. In which there are 111,000 women workers. In the financial year 2081/82, 152,000 people went again with work permits.
In the absence of a labor contract, Nepali workers working in Saudi Arabia have been facing problems including minimum wages and social security. Every day, at least 25 workers go to the Nepali Embassy in Riyadh with complaints and complaints about not being paid minimum wages, not being allowed to change their contract and repatriate. "Now the biggest challenge for us is to implement the minimum salary determined by Nepal," said an official of the Nepalese Embassy in Riyadh, "We are saying that Saudi Arabia should determine the salary itself."
International human rights organizations have been concerned about issues related to the poor human rights and defense of migrant workers working in Saudi Arabia. Organizations such as Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Equidem, and Fair Square have been saying that Saudi Arabia should follow human rights standards to provide protection and rights to migrant workers. As a result, there is pressure on Saudi Arabia to address the rights and safety of workers.
