DA LAT, Nov. 8 -- A 2-day inception workshop to plan for the comparative study on laws and policies on the management of migrant workers in the ASEAN region was concluded today in Da Lat, Viet Nam.

Focal points of the Senior Labour Officials Meeting's Working Group on Progressive Labour Practices to Enhance the Competitiveness of ASEAN (SLOM-WG) and Chairs of the eight ASEAN Committees in charge of the ASEAN Mutual Recognition Arrangements participated in the workshop. Participants discussed their respective country's regulatory and policy challenges, ASEAN frameworks related to labour mobility, as well as opportunities to better manage labour mobility within ASEAN.

The comparative study is a project planned in the SLOM-WG Work Plan 2016-...