Nepal, UAE agree to sign labor deal

Kathmandu / Apr 26: Nepal and the United Arab Emirates were agreed to sign a revised labor agreement on Thursday.

The two sides reached the consensus during a two-day second Bilateral Technical Meeting on the draft Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Government of Nepal and the Government of the United Arab Emirates on the Recruitment, Employment and Repatriation of Workers that was concluded on Thursday in Kathmandu.

“The MoU will be signed once the two governments approve the document,” Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security Ram Prasad Ghimire told Republica Online who led the Nepali delegation.

The MoU is expected to benefit as many as 225,000 Nepali migrant workers in the United Arab Emirates. Most of the Nepali nationals are ordinary workers engaged in construction, hospitality, farming and security service sectors in the Gulf nation.

Once it is signed, the MoU will officially replace the ‘Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Nepal and the Government of United Emirates in the Field of Manpower’ signed on 3 July 2007.