Govt to classify companies involved in foreign employment business

KATHMANDU: The government is preparing to classify the private companies involved in foreign employment business. This is being done to make foreign employment systematic and dignified. The Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security has formed a task force under the coordination of Joint Secretary of the Ministry, Rajiv Pokharel, to prepare the necessary indicators and procedures for classifying the foreign employment companies by determining required criteria and standards. According to the private secretariat of the Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security, Krishna Kumar Shrestha, the task force formed on Thursday includes the Chief of the Foreign Employment Office, the Executive Director of the Foreign Employment Board and representative members of the foreign employment companies. At present, there are 860 registered foreign employment companies in the country. By RSS READ ALSO:

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