Youth, Labour and Employment Minister Ramji Yadav States Existing Foreign Employment Act is Inadequate

Kathmandu. Youth, Labour and Employment Minister Ramji Yadav has stated that it is not possible to make foreign employment dignified by relying on the existing Foreign Employment Act. He said this on Wednesday while speaking in the discussion of the ministry's budget in the House of Representatives meeting.

He commented that the existing Foreign Employment Act is like a horse without reins. He said, 'The existing Foreign Employment Act is a horse without reins. It is not possible to make foreign employment dignified by relying on this act. According to the act, the employer can be controlled. The business of the entrepreneurs is controlled. The safety of the workers is strong.'

Labour Minister Yadav said that it is necessary to make a departure in policy to solve the problems seen in foreign employment. He said that the ministry's priority is to amend the Foreign Employment Act and digitize the entire labour employment sector.

He said that the goal is to solve the problems seen in foreign employment and improve the overall labour sector. Labour Minister Yadav said that he is playing a coordinating role with the employer countries to improve the foreign employment sector.

Labour Minister Yadav said that workers will not be sent to any country, even if it is anywhere, if that country cannot provide dignified labour, fair wages, workplace safety, social security, self-respect, and a suitable job for a basic standard of living for Nepali workers.