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Although 149 countries are open for Nepali workers, labor agreements have been signed with only 10 countries. The Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security has finalized the draft of the labor agreement with three countries and the draft has been exchanged with six countries. The Ministry of Labor has finalized the draft for Malaysia, Qatar and Oman.
"We have sent the draft to the governments of all the three countries, the only thing that remains to be signed," said Labor, Employment and Social Security Minister Sharatsingh Bhandari, "The Nepali Embassy is coordinating with the respective countries to set the time for the signature."
Qatar and Malaysia, who previously had labor agreements in 2005 and 2018, are in the process of finalizing the agreement again with amendments. Apart from that UAE (2019), South Korea (2007), Bahrain (2008), Japan (2019), Israel (2020), Jordan (2017), Mauritius (2019), UK (2022), Germany (2023) and Romania (2023). ) has been contracted with.
According to Labor Minister Bhandari, priority has been given to the labor agreement covering the matters to be borne by the source country and the destination country in order to make the labor recruitment process transparent, fair and ethical. This compelling situation of sending out the available manpower in Nepal is obvious to everyone. Even if there is some improvement in the economic situation of the country, there is little chance of providing decent employment immediately. It also has to compete with India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka for unskilled workers. Keeping that in mind, the agreement process has been moved forward," he said, "We have paid attention to protect the rights of Nepali workers and comply with international laws through bilateral labor agreements."
Malaysia and Qatar are the main destination countries for Nepali workers. For labor, there are 4 lakh Nepalis in Malaysia and 3 lakh in Qatar. The labor agreement with Malaysia expired on October 12 last year. He said that the amendment was made on the basis of bilateral agreement. Last fiscal year, 82 thousand Nepalis went to Malaysia. Nepal first signed a labor agreement with Qatar in 2005. The two countries are ready to sign a new labor agreement covering Qatar's changed labor regime and residency laws. Although preparations were made to sign a new labor agreement with Qatar during the visit of Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to Nepal in May last year, the mentioned technical issues of the draft were yet to be finalized. Last fiscal year, 40,000 Nepalis went to Qatar for work.
The labor agreement with Oman is also nearing completion. Awaiting response from Omni side for its signature. Oman's signature is now ready to be done soon. In terms of the matter, everything is over," said Kaviraj Upreti, assistant spokesperson of Labor. 25 thousand Nepalis are working in Oman. According to the Ministry of Labour, the draft labor agreement with another major destination country, Saudi Arabia, is almost finalized. In the side line meeting of the Abu Dhabi dialogue held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last week, a 'focal person' was appointed to directly coordinate the labor agreement between the two sides to conclude the labor agreement within a month in the talks between Labor Minister Bhandari and the Saudi counterpart. In the labor market of Saudi Arabia, the emphasis is on the production of skilled manpower. Last fiscal year, 73 thousand Nepalis went to Saudi Arabia.
The Ministry of Labor is repeatedly trying to finalize the proposed labor draft between Turkey, Lebanon, Kuwait, Spain and Brunei. According to Assistant Spokesperson Upreti, the government has made a certain standard for labor contracts with all countries. We have set a certain standard and created a framework for the labor agreement or agreement. Within that, we are advancing the dialogue with the destination countries,' he said, 'which is guided by international labor standards.' Upreti said that the focus is on issues such as equality in treatment, protection of women workers, and settlement of labor disputes.
Vinod Shrestha, president of the Federation of Nepal Trade Unions (Gifant), says that there should be a labor contract so that the workers get their rights. We have continued our efforts to obtain rights within the limits given by the laws of the respective countries. Workers should be allowed to return home whenever they want, they should be allowed to change jobs, they should be able to file a complaint in case of problems, and a minimum wage should be determined,' he said -break Rajendra Bhandari, president of Nepal Foreign Employment Professionals Association, said that if there is a labor agreement between the two countries, the recruitment process can be managed. There is always a lack of high labor diplomacy with destination countries to protect the rights and interests of workers and minimize risks. Safe, orderly, dignified and productive foreign employment requires a strong labor contract for safe migration, he said.
