Emirates based Lankan foreign employment agents tell minister Nanayakkara to go digital

An organization representing Lankan foreign employment agents based in the Emirates requested Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara to speed up the digitalization process of the foreign employment sector. This, they said, would streamline and accelerate the services and activities of foreign employment agencies that provide employment opportunities to Sri Lankan workers in foreign countries.

The request was made by Sampath Kumarasinghe, Co-Chairman of the Organization of Sri Lankan Foreign Employment Agents in the Emirates, when he met the minister during his recent official visit to the United Arab Emirates.

Stressing the need to digitalize the work related to foreign employment, Kumarasinghe said, “We, the representatives who are looking forward to provide more foreign employment opportunities to Sri Lankan workers, would like to draw your attention to the more regularization of work orders. Currently, there are many problems in approving and sending a work order to Sri Lanka and we have to come directly to the embassy to give work orders. Even those who are hundreds of thousands of kilometers away from the embassy have to visit the embassy, ??and have to do so on several occasions; it is a waste of our time and money”.

“At the same time, work and reputation of employment agencies are affected at times due to various types of deceitful activities of a few people who are recruited and sent to foreign countries for employment”.

Responding to the request, Minister Manusha Nanayakkara assured that steps would be taken to speed up the digitalization of the foreign employment sector.