Thursday 14 February 2013

Myanmar to train migrate workers about their rights

Myanmar will educate workers going abroad to learn to complain if they faced difficulty in job via international non-governmental organisations (INGO), the media and embassy, Myint Thein, Deputy Minister for Labor, Employment and Social Security said.

The Deputy Minister answered the question of Eleven Media Group in labor law affairs meeting held by Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security and International Labor Organization on February 11 at Kandawkyi Palace Hotel, Yangon.


“I met with Myanmar workers who are working at construction of Central Department Store in Chiang Mai. They don’t know much about overtime fees. They don’t know where to complaint and some don’t know who their boss is. They have not enough necessary documents either. We concluded that we need to educate them for better working conditions,” the Deputy Minister said.

The Deputy Minister led the delegation to Thailand on February 4 and made a conference with Myanmar Association for Employee Protection and INGOs in addition to Myanmar Ambassador to Thailand on February 9. Moreover the Ministry is planning to announce phone numbers of eleven temporary passports issued office in a few days. The Ministry will also urge the agencies to educate before sending workers to job.
 
source: Eleven Myanmar

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