The Ministry of Labour has issued a notice stating that oversea workers who fail to transfer their wages will face action.
Burmese oversea workers must transfer 25 percent of their wages once a month or at least 25 percent of their wages once every 3 months to their family members or to their bank accounts in their home country.
The announcement also states that workers working to foreign countries through licensed foreign employment agencies must send a copy of the proof of official remittance to the agencies without fail.
According to the announcement, licensed foreign employment agencies must submit the evidence sent by the workers they send each month to the Ministry of Labor as proof of monthly statements.
If the oversea workers fail to transfer family remittances, they will be banned from working and leaving abroad for a limited period of time, not issuing an Oversea Workers Identification Card (OWIC), not allowing the passport to be extended and will take necessary verification and action. In addition, oversea workers must not send family remittances through illegal hondy business operators and must only send through official channels
