Eight companies banned from sending workers to Japan

Eight labour export companies have been banned from sending workers to Japan due to the high absconding rate.

Eight labour export companies have been banned from sending workers to Japan due to the high absconding rate.

  

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The Department of Overseas Labour sent an official document to the Organisation for Technical Intern Training in Japan about the decision. Several companies will also be put under strict supervision. The eight companies that were banned are Viet Nhat HR, JV-System, Hutraserco, Transmeco, Saigon Inserco, Alsimexco, Cienco 1 and Vinalines. The companies must take responsibility for the contracts that are still active.

The Department of Overseas Labour has also worked with the Organisation for Technical Intern Training on how to deal with Japanese supervisory organisations and Vietnamese firms that are negligent and caused a high runaway rate. Firms with a high rate of absconding staff will be suspended from sending guest workers abroad for six months.

Based on the statistics from 2016 to 2019, four companies including Batimex, Hogamex, International ITC and MH Vietnam have will be suspended from August 18. The Organiation for Technical Intern Training will not approve any request for licence renewal or application for additional occupations from Japanese supervising organisations that are collaborating with the four Vietnamese companies.

Guest workers that have been approved can still stay and work in Japan.

The Department of Overseas Labour has asked all companies to tighten monitoring to prevent guest workers from running away while working overseas.