KATHMANDU: The government will be classifying private companies involved in foreign employment business.This is being done to make foreign employment systematic and dignified.The Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security has formed a taskforce under the coordination of Joint-secretary of the ministry Rajiv Pokharel, to prepare the necessary indicators and procedures for classifying foreign employment companies by determining the required criteria and standards. According to the private secretariat of the Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security, the taskforce formed on Thursday includes the chief of the Foreign Employment Office, the executive director of the Foreign Employment Board and representative members of foreign employment companies. At present, there are 860 registered foreign employment companies in the country.
