KATHMANDU, MAR 02 -
The South Korean human resource department has allocated 5,700 jobs to
Nepali workers for 2014 under the Employment Permit System ( EPS
). The workers will be selected from a roster of some 9,700 aspirant
Nepali migrants who have successfully completed the Korean language
test. South Korea had hired 5,234 Nepali migrants in 2013.
Korea Employment Permit System ( EPS
) in Nepal said the quotas will be applicable to those who will work in
the manufacturing sector. The ceiling allocated to Nepali workers is
the fourth largest in terms of quantity after Cambodia, Indonesia, and
Thailand.
South Korea currently hires workers from fifteen countries under the EPS
and plans to hire some 53,000 workers this year. Around 64,000 were
hired last year. Lee Dong Sirk, human resource director at the Korea EPS
centre in Nepal, said his government has given priority to Nepali
workers despite overall fall in job demands due to their good track
records and the tendency to return back home. “Those who have three
years of work experience in Korea can apply again after passing the
special Korea language test. The recruitment process has been simplified
for such workers,” Lee told reporters on Friday.
The EPS
centre in Nepal holds a special language test every month. The
upcoming test will be held on March 12 and the exam forms can be
collected from February 26 to March 2. The result of the test will be
published on March 31. For both fresh workers and reentrants,
successfully completing the Korean language test alone does not
guarantee a job in Korea, the centre added.
“We request the aspirant migrants not to be misled and leave the job in
hand unless they receive the labour contract. Passing the language only
qualifies workers to to be enlisted in the roster and a skill test
enhances their chance of selection,” said Lee. The South Korean
government has increased the minimum salary of migrant workers by seven
percent.
EPS ‘aware’ of Nepalis’ deaths
Korea Employment Permit System ( EPS
) in Nepal has said that it is ‘aware and concerned’ of the rising
number of deaths among Nepali workers in South Korea. Responding to a
recently released report of Nepali Embassy in South Korea, the EPS
Center in Nepal said the Korean government has also taken the matter
seriously.The report states that 57 Nepali migrant workers have died in
South Korea between 2007 and 2013, with a majority of them categorized
as suicide and the ‘sudden unexpected death syndrome’.
The Post on December 13 had published the report. The report shows
that various factors including workers’ difficulty in adapting to the
new environment, tough working conditions and inhumane treatment at the
hands of employers all play a role in raising fatalities of Nepali
workers.
Lee Dong Sirk, human resource director at the Korea EPS
centre in Nepal, said stress and depression causing from difficulty in
adapting to the work and new environment could, likely, be the cause of
rising deaths. He said that the proportion of death of Nepali workers
in Korea is not as serious as in the Gulf countries, but quickly added
that his government wants to address the issue nonetheless.
“We are
concerned about these deaths. We are looking into the causes and seeking
solutions to tackle it,” Lee told the Post. The report shows that
nineteen people died in first eleven months of 2013, while only eight
deaths were reported a year earlier.
Source: ekantipur, 2nd March 2014
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