Officials from Vietnamese labour management agencies and labourconsultants were u pdated on the Employment Permit System (EPS)programme in the Republic of Korea and the country’s new regulations forforeign labourers at a recent workshop in Seoul.
Held byVietnam’s Management Office for Labourers under the EPS Programme andthe Overseas Labour Management Department under the VietnameseEmbassy to the RoK, the event aims to enhance skills for settling issuesarising in the labour relationship, ensuring legitimated rights ofworkers.
There are over 47,000 Vietnamese labourers having stablejobs in the RoK under the EPS programme, according to Head of theManagement Office for Labourers under the EPS Programme Le Manh Hung.
However,many newly arriving workers do not have much understanding of thecountry’s legal regulations and rules of RoK firms, and meetdifficulties in daily activities, he noted.
Addressing the event,Deputy Head of the Overseas Labour Management Department Nguyen NhuTuan updated participants on the implementation of Vietnam’s legalregulations applied for labourers working in the RoK.
He said hehope labour consultants of the Management Office will help inpersuading expat workers to abide by the Vietnamese State’s policies andregulations in the field.
During the workshop, participantsshared their experience in consulting and supporting Vietnameselabourers, while discussing measures to manage Vietnamese workersworking in the RoK.
Vietnam and the RoK recentlyhave decided to extend a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on supplyingand receiving Vietnamese workers to the RoK under the EPS.
The MoU presents jobs opportunities in the RoK for new Vietnameseemployees as well as workers with concluding labour contracts,especially in the context of the RoK’s initiatives to reduce illegalresidence in the country.-VNA
Held byVietnam’s Management Office for Labourers under the EPS Programme andthe Overseas Labour Management Department under the VietnameseEmbassy to the RoK, the event aims to enhance skills for settling issuesarising in the labour relationship, ensuring legitimated rights ofworkers.
There are over 47,000 Vietnamese labourers having stablejobs in the RoK under the EPS programme, according to Head of theManagement Office for Labourers under the EPS Programme Le Manh Hung.
However,many newly arriving workers do not have much understanding of thecountry’s legal regulations and rules of RoK firms, and meetdifficulties in daily activities, he noted.
Addressing the event,Deputy Head of the Overseas Labour Management Department Nguyen NhuTuan updated participants on the implementation of Vietnam’s legalregulations applied for labourers working in the RoK.
He said hehope labour consultants of the Management Office will help inpersuading expat workers to abide by the Vietnamese State’s policies andregulations in the field.
During the workshop, participantsshared their experience in consulting and supporting Vietnameselabourers, while discussing measures to manage Vietnamese workersworking in the RoK.
Vietnam and the RoK recentlyhave decided to extend a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on supplyingand receiving Vietnamese workers to the RoK under the EPS.
The MoU presents jobs opportunities in the RoK for new Vietnameseemployees as well as workers with concluding labour contracts,especially in the context of the RoK’s initiatives to reduce illegalresidence in the country.-VNA
