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श्रमिकको पीडा : सरकार! तिमीले तोकेको न्यूनतम तलबले आधा पेट पनि खान पुग्दैन
श्रम ऐन २०७४ र श्रम नियमावली २०७५ ले श्रमिकको न्यूनतम तलब तय गरेको छ। ऐन र नियमावलीले श्रमिकको न्यूनतम तलब १३ हजार ४ सय ५० रुपैयाँ तोकेको छ। यसैगरी ज्यालादारीको हकमा भने दैनिक ५ सय १७ रुपैयाँ तोकेको छ। के श्रमिकले यो आम्दानीबाट जीविकोपार्जन गर्न सक्ने अवस्था रहला त?
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Recruiting agencies decry government directive on repatriation of migrant workers
As per new repatriation directive recruiting agencies should ensure that Nepali workers get air tickets, salary and other benefits before they return on tickets bought from Migrant Workers’ Welfare Fund.
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Help returning workers reintegrate socio-economically, labour migration analysts tell government
A large number of Nepali workers returning from Covid-19 affected countries will need employment opportunities at home after they have lost overseas jobs and there is no immediate hope of going back anytime soon.
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Jobless and without pay, migrant workers are returning home. But they have no recourse for compensation
Labour migrant experts say the concerned Nepali embassies and the government should start recording the details of the returning migrant workers to take the matter to the court.
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Labour migration experts criticise government decision to resume foreign employment
The government’s decision contradicts its own move of repatriating migrant workers from the pandemic-hit labour destination countries.
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सरकारद्वारा कानुन बिपरित उद्धारको नाममा श्रमिकबाट रकम असुली, कल्याणकारी कोषको ६ अर्ब खोई ?
कोरोना भाइरस (कोभिड १९) को प्रभावले रोजीरोटी गुमेर अरुको सहारामा बस्दै आएका नेपाली श्रमिकहरुलाई उद्धार गर्दा लाग्ने खर्च स्वंयम श्रमिकले नै व्यहोर्नुपर्ने निर्णय सरकारले गरेको छ ।
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Government underestimates number of workers awaiting repatriation, say experts
While officials say 25,000 will be brought home in the first phase, the plan will leave behind a majority of Nepalis whose conditions are worsening due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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COVID-19: Thousands of Nepali migrant workers remain in limbo
Hundreds of thousands of Nepali migrant workers are directly affected by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. To learn more about their precarious situation, FUF Magazine spoke with Dr. Jeevan Baniya, a labour and migration expert from Kathmandu.
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Government eyes massive 700,000 jobs within the country
Experts say the government plan of creating jobs is neither new nor adequate to deal with the Covid-19 fallout.
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कामदारको दायित्व गन्तव्य देशकै
वैदेशिक रोजगारीका लागि खाडी तथा मलेसियामा रहेका झन्डै १५ लाख नेपाली कामदारलाई अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय कानुनबमोजिम सम्बन्धित देशले संरक्षण गर्नुपर्ने अडानमा नेपाल सरकार देखिएको छ । नेपालले महामारीको समयमा नेपालीलाई आफ्ना नागरिकसरह उचित स्वास्थ्य सेवा, गुणस्तरीय आवास र खाद्यान्नको प्रत्याभूति दिन आग्रह गरेको छ ।
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Recruiting agencies want their guarantee amount back as their business is affected due to Covid-19
Government could provide some concessions depending on the status of recruiting agencies but also need to make such agencies responsible towards plights of migrant workers, experts say.
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Migrant workers can use foreign governments’ amnesties to return without legal hassles
Nepal should utilise these relaxations by labour hosting nations to bring citizens home, experts say.
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Seed money for migrant workers, entrepreneurs as government targets employment opportunities inside country
Without hassle-free procedures for accessing the initial capital and set criteria as per the vulnerability of migrant workers, the scheme can not yield expected results, experts say.
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Migrant deaths: The human cost of Nepal's remittance-dependent economy
While the remittance economy has lifted many Nepali households out of poverty, many migrant workers die abroad under mysterious circumstances. The system is also disrupting the social fabric of Nepal.
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Nepal and COVID-19: Never ending peace and lockdown?
This episode focuses on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures taken by the government to slow its spread, particularly the ongoing nationwide lockdown, on the Nepali economy, the labour market and on the millions of Nepali migrant workers currently stranded abroad or stuck at home. Hanna Geschewski spoke to economist Dr Achyut Wagle and labour migration expert Dr Jeevan Baniya.
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COVID-19 strikes South Asia's minorities whose rights are already threatened
A new report warns that the minorities and other marginalised communities are even more exposed to the worst impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is hitting South Asia.
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Coronavirus severs Nepal’s economic lifeline
Amid the COVID-19 crisis, Nepal is losing its lifeline: international labor migration.
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