The time has come to revisit and reframe bilateral labour agreements (BLAs) and memoranda of understanding (MoUs) to be consistent with the many available international labour related conventions, so as to ensure contracts between employees and employers are based on fundamental social benefits and protections, the Community Development Services (CSD) organisation stated.
Addressing the issue of the denial of social security benefits to migrant workers, the CSD, issuing an advocacy brief to the press in this regard, noted that the time has come to ensure that migrant workers are not victimised through retrenchment and wage theft.
They also noted that the benefits that accrue from various payments made by migrant workers, such as for their air passage, fees to recruiters, insurance cover, registration fees at the country of origin, and the pre-departure medical test, have not helped the migrant worker – but have instead deprived them.
The time has come therefore to change these practices and bring about true commitment in policy delivery, the CSD emphasised.
Furthermore, they added that governments should provide retirement benefits and pension schemes for migrant workers.
Migrant worker community: ‘Reframe agreements to fit ILO Conventions’
26 Jan 2021
Migrant worker community: ‘Reframe agreements to fit ILO Conventions’
26 Jan 2021