Hello,
We are a consulting firm which in currently executing a corporate transformation project in Middle East. My team is focussed on designing detailed HR processes and policies for our client. Our client belongs to traditional manufacturing sector due to which close to 75% of employees belong to worker/ non-management cadre. These workers are primarily sourced from developing countries like India, Pakistan, Phillipines etc. Recruiting agencies extract hefty fees from these employees to place them in a Middle East company.
Therefore, we were thinking about creating a policy for reimbursement of the charges paid by the employee to the recruiting company. However before doing so, we would like to understand the practice in this regard in other companies in Middle East which employ large number of blue collar workers. Can anyone tell me whether companies in Middle East reimburse the money paid by these workers to head hunters either completely or give it as a joining loan which is later deducted from employee's salary in installments?
Eagerly awaiting your reply
From India, Mumbai
We are a consulting firm which in currently executing a corporate transformation project in Middle East. My team is focussed on designing detailed HR processes and policies for our client. Our client belongs to traditional manufacturing sector due to which close to 75% of employees belong to worker/ non-management cadre. These workers are primarily sourced from developing countries like India, Pakistan, Phillipines etc. Recruiting agencies extract hefty fees from these employees to place them in a Middle East company.
Therefore, we were thinking about creating a policy for reimbursement of the charges paid by the employee to the recruiting company. However before doing so, we would like to understand the practice in this regard in other companies in Middle East which employ large number of blue collar workers. Can anyone tell me whether companies in Middle East reimburse the money paid by these workers to head hunters either completely or give it as a joining loan which is later deducted from employee's salary in installments?
Eagerly awaiting your reply
From India, Mumbai
Greetings for the day ahead!!!
Your intention seems to be good but practice is unfair.
No recruitment agency legally can take hefty sum for placing any person at any level. By reimbursing such sum to the employee, you are actually becoming a party to the nexus which is looked down upon very badly in recruitment circles.
My advice would be to delist such consultants which charge hefty money to workers and rather engage some reputed agencies known for their trustworthiness.
Regards
Team GroupHR
From India, Delhi
107Your intention seems to be good but practice is unfair.
No recruitment agency legally can take hefty sum for placing any person at any level. By reimbursing such sum to the employee, you are actually becoming a party to the nexus which is looked down upon very badly in recruitment circles.
My advice would be to delist such consultants which charge hefty money to workers and rather engage some reputed agencies known for their trustworthiness.
Regards
Team GroupHR
From India, Delhi
Thanks for your prompt reply!
Allow me to detail out the scenario we are facing here. Our client has contracts with recruitment agencies who scout around in developing countries for skilled and semi-skilled labour. Except for agencies in Egypt and Phillipines, no one else charges a fee to our client (i.e. employer). All others seem to earn their revenues by charging a placement fee to the candidates themselves. Let me assure you it is true for India, Pakistan, Bangladesh. Therefore, the company has a policy to reimburse this amount upfront or give it as a joining loan as all these employees are primarily labourers, they have difficulty in paying this amount.
I understand from your feedback the issue involved in continuing this practice. Can someone tell me if such a practice is also prevalent in any other company based in Middle East?
From India, Mumbai
Allow me to detail out the scenario we are facing here. Our client has contracts with recruitment agencies who scout around in developing countries for skilled and semi-skilled labour. Except for agencies in Egypt and Phillipines, no one else charges a fee to our client (i.e. employer). All others seem to earn their revenues by charging a placement fee to the candidates themselves. Let me assure you it is true for India, Pakistan, Bangladesh. Therefore, the company has a policy to reimburse this amount upfront or give it as a joining loan as all these employees are primarily labourers, they have difficulty in paying this amount.
I understand from your feedback the issue involved in continuing this practice. Can someone tell me if such a practice is also prevalent in any other company based in Middle East?
From India, Mumbai
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