Nov 02, Kathmandu - The Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security has sought official opinions and suggestions from the Nepal Foreign Employment Entrepreneurs Association on Malaysia's 10-point criteria (conditions).

The ministry sent a letter to the association on Sunday asking it to submit its views within 7 days. The association was informed that the Malaysian government has demanded a list of manpower that will meet its conditions by Kartik 29.

Malaysia had sent a letter setting out 10 criteria for manpower from five countries, including Nepal, to ‘select an appropriate number of manpower companies to practice decent labor migration between the two countries.’ Source countries have been given a deadline of Kartik 27 to recommend manpower companies according to those criteria. The 10 criteria state that ‘the manpower company should have been licensed to send workers for five years, should have sent at least 3,000 workers abroad in a five-year period, should have sent workers to at least three countries in a five-year period, and should have obtained a license from the relevant body for training, assessment, recruitment, and labor deployment.

’Similarly, it is stated that the company must have received a report on good conduct, must not have been involved in forced labor, human trafficking, labor law violations, extortion, embezzlement, and other economic crimes, the manpower company must have its own well-equipped training and assessment center, five employer companies must have issued certificates regarding the good conduct of the concerned manpower company, must have an office area of ​​at least 10,000 square feet for the labor recruitment process and other work, and must provide necessary documents as proof of compliance with the standards sought by the destination country, including Malaysia.

According to the association's president, Bhuwan Gurung, the Malaysian letter is intended to establish a syndicate in the source country and favor a few limited individuals.