There are 467 employment agencies licensed to legally send Myanmar workers abroad as of August this year, according to the 10th annual meeting of the Myanmar Overseas Employment Agencies Federation (MOEAF).
In the meeting held on 16 September, it is informed that the standard contract to be signed between the agency and workers will be implemented from 1 September. According to the contract, 25 per cent of the monthly basic salary remittance to families must be arranged through official channels.
As a result of such remittances, it will return to the mother country as an income, and the social and economic well-being of the families of these workers will improve, said U Myint Naung, Union Minister for Labour.
As of August, there are 477 licensed overseas employment agencies, of which 10 agencies have been temporarily halted.
In addition, there are 158 Thai licensed agencies to send Myanmar workers to Thailand, eight of which were temporarily halted. As such, a total of 150 Thai licensed agencies are operating businesses. — TWA/ KZL
