LABOR RECRUITMENT FEES

Yes, workers can be charged fees, but the policies mandate that these costs be “transparent and reasonable”.

No legal maximum exists for service fees. Workers are legally responsible for all fees formalized through the "Job Placement Service Contract" signed between the worker and the agency.

Yes, workers can be charged recruitment fees, but only within strict legal limits and by registered agents. Rs. 30,000 + 18% GST.

The agent is required to issue a formal receipt for the amount collected. Workers should never be charged for repatriation expenses, and any fee collected beyond the prescribed government limits is a criminal offense.
However, there are new legally binding regulations for domestic workers to receive journey allowance and food security benefits.

Yes, though recent reforms aim for 'zero cost' for some sectors. Workers are still commonly charged fees, but the government has been moving to exempt certain sectors.

Yes, workers are legally obligated to pay prescribed service fees. However, the government establishes official maximum fee caps that recruitment agencies are permitted to charge, depending on the job type and destination country.

Workers must also pay an additional 5% commercial tax on these fees.

No (Recruitment Fees), but Yes (Service Fees). Taiwan's law prohibits brokers from charging migrant workers recruitment fees. However, they can legally charge monthly service fees.

No, recruitment agencies (licensees) are strictly prohibited from demanding or receiving any money or assets from foreign workers. However, certain “mandatory expenses” may apply, as prescribed by law.

The law permits workers to be charged for necessary costs (e.g. passports, health check-up, work permit), which may be paid upfront by the employer and subsequently deducted from the worker’s wages at a rate not exceeding 10% per month.

Recruitment fees depend on the type of employment. For domestic employment within Vietnam, recruitment agencies are not permitted to charge recruitment fees to workers, regardless of whether the worker is a Vietnamese national or a foreign migrant working in the country. However, for overseas employment, where Vietnamese citizens are recruited to work abroad as migrant workers, agencies may charge service fees, but these are strictly regulated and subject to legal caps under national legislation.