Shyam Sapkota, chairman of the Joint Struggle Committee for Temporary, Contract and Wage Employees, said that the Prime Minister's advisor has expressed a commitment that there will be no problem in the continuation of the jobs of contract employees.
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Talks between the Prime Minister's Policy, Administration and Good Governance Advisor Sudip Dhakal and contract employees protesting for job security have reached a positive conclusion.
Shyam Sapkota, chairman of the Joint Struggle Committee for Temporary, Contract and Wage Employees, said that the Prime Minister's Advisor Dhakal has expressed a commitment that there will be no problem in the continuity of the jobs of contract employees.
'He has said that we have come to provide employment, not to take away anyone's jobs,' he said, 'We are only trying to manage contract employees properly.' He said that no one's job will be lost.'
He said that they have postponed the protest program for the time being after the verbal commitment of Advisor Dhakal. 'We are waiting for a written decision and commitment,' he said, 'He said that a written one will come.' After receiving that much commitment from the Prime Minister's Office, we have stopped the agitation for now.'
Chiranjivi Nepal, general secretary of the Struggle Committee, who participated in the talks, said that the Prime Minister's Advisor Dhakal has made a positive commitment to continue the services of contract employees, not to bring contract employees through outsourcing, and to send employees who have to be given leave due to reduction in posts, home with due respect.
Contract employees have been protesting after the government began preparing to change the current framework for hiring ungraded support staff. Hundreds of contract employees gathered at Singha Durbar and continued their protest on Wednesday. They staged a sit-in in front of the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers and the Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives, Federal Affairs and General Administration.
Earlier on Tuesday, contract employees had gathered in front of the Ministry of Federal Affairs and the Ministry of Finance to protest. A task force under the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers has proposed that employees required for support services and general technical services can be hired through public companies or through outsourcing. With the release of the proposal, thousands of employees currently working on contract have found their jobs insecure.
