Nepal to set new migrant recruitment fees after revised law
Summary
Nepal will announce new recruitment fees for migrant workers only after the revised foreign employment law is enacted. Recruitment agencies have suspended their planned shutdown after talks with the Labour Minister, while the government moves to shift more recruitment costs to foreign employers.
Key Points
- The government says new recruitment fees for migrant workers will be set only after the revised foreign employment law is enacted.
- Recruitment agencies suspended a planned shutdown after talks with Minister Ramjee Yadav over their 15-point demands.
- The draft law would shift more recruitment costs to foreign employers and tighten rules on service fees and worker selection.
- Officials say the gap between official fees and what workers actually pay remains a major problem in Nepal’s foreign employment sector.
