60 labor export enterprises have their licenses revoked

According to the Department of Overseas Labor Management, up to now, a total of 60 businesses have had their licenses to operate services sending Vietnamese workers to work abroad under contracts revoked.

From 2007 to present, implementing the Law on Vietnamese Workers Working Abroad under Contract, the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs has granted licenses to a total of 345 enterprises, of which 302 are operating and 43 have had their licenses revoked.

In addition, 17 enterprises that were licensed under Decree No. 81/2003/ND-CP had their licenses revoked due to failure to complete documents or failure to change their licenses according to the Law.

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Among the enterprises whose licenses were revoked, in 2017 alone, 4 enterprises had their licenses revoked for the following violations: Not directly recruiting workers, allowing others to use their licenses to send workers to work abroad, and taking advantage of sending workers to work abroad to organize recruitment and illegally collect money from workers; sending workers to work abroad without registering labor supply contracts as prescribed.

Ms. Tran Thi Van Ha, Head of Information Department (Department of Overseas Labor Management) said: According to the provisions of the Law on Vietnamese workers working abroad under contracts, after the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs revokes the license, enterprises must still be responsible for continuing to fulfill the obligations in the labor supply contract signed with foreign partners and the contract to send workers to work abroad while the contract is still in effect.

Japanese language class for the nursing and caregiving candidate selection program. Photo: Department of Overseas Labor Management

In addition, these enterprises must report to the Department of Overseas Labor Management on valid contracts, the number of workers working abroad, the number of workers selected to work abroad, and plans to implement responsibilities to workers under valid contracts.

According to Lao Dong Newspaper