Labor Minister places yet new procedures for foreign help

Within the framework of protecting the Lebanese workforce and cutting down on foreign competition, the Labor Minister Sajaan Azzi issued yesterday a new circular demanding the compliance of corporate and private sector institutions as such. The circular stipulates that a company bringing in foreign workers should present appropriate evidence at the various Ministry’s departments that it has tried but failed to recruit Lebanese employees. The concerned company should receive a relevant certificate from the National Employment Office proving it had advertised the need for Lebanese workers in the required profession in three local newspapers. The wanted job, however, should not be listed in the annual announcement issued by the Labor Minister defining the professions limited to Lebanese nationals. (As Safir, An Nahar, Al Akhbar, Al Diyar, November 10, 2015)