TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS

percent in FY 2011/12 to 38 percent in FY 2013/14 and further to 29 percent in FY 2014/15.
Conversely, the share of the complaints against institutions has been increasing. This is one of the
positive aspects of dealing of fraud and deception issues related to foreign employment.
Table 4.11 Number of complaints related to foreign labor migration registered in DoFE
Fiscal year Number Percent
Individual Institutional Total Individual Institutional Total
2010/11 721 483 1204 59.9 40.1 100.0
2011/12 1370 802 2172 63.1 36.9 100.0
2012/13 1245 1060 2305 54.0 46.0 100.0
2013/14 974 1577 2551 38.2 61.8 100.0
2014/15 773 1906 2679 28.9 71.1 100.0
Five-yearly average
(2010/11-2014/15) 1017 1166 2182 46.6 53.4 100.0
Source: Department of Foreign Employment (2014) Annual Report of FY (2013-14) (2070-71) and for FY
2014/15, http://www.dofe.gov.np/new/pages/details/34 (accessed on November 30, 2015).
Table 4.12 shows the number of complaints handled by the DoFE in the FY 2013/14 and 204/15.
Data reveal that relatively large number of complaints was registered in FY 2014/15 compared to the
previous fiscal year. It is revealed that very few numbers of cases against institutions are forwarded
to the Foreign Employment Tribunal (FET) compared to the cases against individuals.
Table 4.12 Number of complaints handled by the DoFE, FY 2013/14 and FY 2014/15
Description FY 2013/14 FY 2014/15
Individuals Institutional Total Individuals Institutional Total
Number of complaints
974 1577 2551 773 1906 2679
registered at DoFE
Number of cases resolved at 151 303 454 74 589 663
DoFE
Number of cases forwarded to
Foreign Employment Tribunal
128 5 133 165 1 166
Source: Department of Foreign Employment (2014) Annual Report of FY 2070/71 (2014/15) and for FY 2014/15,
http://www.dofe.gov.np/new/pages/details/34 (accessed on November 30, 2015).
Registration of Cases at the Foreign Employment Tribunal (FET)
Section 64 of FEA 2007 allows the FET to deal with the cases related to foreign employment. Cases
must be filed at the tribunal by a DoFE investigation officer. Cases cannot be directly registered by a
worker with the tribunal (Section 61(4)) – thus all the cases before the tribunal are ‘state cases’
(Section 63). Therefore, before deciding to file a case in the tribunal, the investigation officer must
obtain advice of the government attorney (Section 61(4)).
The FET initiated its work since the FY 2009/10. Accodingly, the six-yearly (2009/10-2014/15)
average case disposal ratio of FET is 36.7 with low in the FY 2009/10. It is also reported that by the
end of FY 2014/15, there were 206 cases remained as pending in the FET. Of them, 35 are of within
one-year, 27 with one-year and 18 months, 14 with 18 months to 2 years and 30 with 2 years and
more.
able 4.13 Case disposal ratio of Foreign Employment Tribunal, Nepal
FY
No of cases
registered (previous
and new)
56
Total cases
decided
% of cases decided
2009/10 158 16 10.1
2010/11 262 78 29.8
2011/12 370 124 33.5
2012/13 424 163 38.4
2013/14 395 151 38.2
2014/15 419 213 38.3
Six-yearly average
(2009/10-2014/15) 338 124 36.7
Source: Foreign Employment Tribunal, 2015.