proposed employment. Ladies below the age of 30 years going as housemaids are not eligible for employment abroad in ECR countries. For Kuwait, the employment of female domestic workers has been discontinued since 12.12.2014. If you are going abroad, leave a photocopy-set at home, of all your travel and • employment documents. Be sure of your Recruiting Agent. Ask him to show his Registration Certificate • issued by the Protector General of Emigrants, Govt. of India. Do not deal with him unless he is registered and the registration is valid. In case of doubt, check with any of the offices of the Protectors of Emigrants (POEs) or the Protector General of Emigrants (PGE). DO NOT deal with sub-agents as they are not permitted under the Emigration • Act, 1983 and Rules. Ask the Recruiting Agent to show to you the Demand Letter and Power of • Attorney from the foreign employer. Also carefully go through the Employment Contract detailing the salary/wage • levels and other service conditions. DO NOT pay more than the equivalent of wages for forty five days as offered • under the employment contract, subject to maximum of Rupees Twenty Thousand in respect of services provided and take a receipt of this payment. Pay preferably by Demand Draft or Cheque and obtain a receipt. Complaints of • overcharging or cheating can be lodged with the concerned POE or with the Protector General of Emigrants (PGE).
proposed employment. Ladies below the age of 30 years going as housemaids are not eligible for employment abroad in ECR countries. For Kuwait, the employment of female domestic workers has been discontinued since 12.12.2014. • If you are going abroad, leave a photocopy-set at home, of all your travel and employment documents. • Be sure of your Recruiting Agent. Ask him to show his Registration Certificate issued by the Protector General of Emigrants, Govt. of India. Do not deal with him unless he is registered and the registration is valid. In case of doubt, check with any of the offices of the Protectors of Emigrants (POEs) or the Protector General of Emigrants (PGE). • DO NOT deal with sub-agents as they are not permitted under the Emigration Act, 1983 and Rules. • Ask the Recruiting Agent to show to you the Demand Letter and Power of Attorney from the foreign employer. • Also carefully go through the Employment Contract detailing the salary/wage levels and other service conditions. • DO NOT pay more than the equivalent of wages for forty five days as offered under the employment contract, subject to maximum of Rupees Twenty Thousand in respect of services provided and take a receipt of this payment. • Pay preferably by Demand Draft or Cheque and obtain a receipt. Complaints of overcharging or cheating can be lodged with the concerned POE or with the Protector General of Emigrants (PGE).
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