2nd amendment to Pension Act on 24th April 2014 makes foreign employee participation in Maldives Retirement Pension Scheme is Voluntary

By: Mohamed Sanih - Rayyithu Meeha

If  Pension was mandatory, it will have a direct impact on the number of foreign workers working in this country and thereby in the long term, increase the number of jobs for the Maldivian Youth...

Of course the government and businessmen have a different agenda...despite government calling and promising more jobs for the locals, their actions state otherwise. They think the public is stupid...

Some countries like the UK, USA, Australia even neighboring Srilanka, have strict regulations & laws, which is followed for bringing in foreign workers into their country and which is strictly monitored. For example:
They have different levels & criteria for Skilled and Semi-Skilled workers and limit of foreign full time workers per year, per category etc. Which is done to give more opportunity for the youth of their country.

And what does the Maldivian government do? More and more of the youth of the Maldives, is unemployed, while more foreign workers enter the country each day. Where is the justice in that?

Our government doesn't have a systematic way of monitoring this or is too corrupted to monitor it.

Okay, some stupid ass person might comment on this post and tell that this is not the UK or US and we need foreign nationals or expatriates. I do agree to a certain extent on that point but not totally, as there are lot of Maldivians with degrees, masters who doesn't get a good salary or good job or is unemployed.

Also, for those levels, which locals can do the jobs also, the resorts & other companies, are hiring foreigners. For positions, such as waiters, butlers and room boys, we can see some resorts in the Maldives using foreigners. Thereby depriving the youth of the Maldives from jobs, what is this government doing to solve such problems?

Further, to state my point, if foreign workers, work in Male, he gets food, accomodation and salary but where as the local Maldivian with the same qualification and experience doesn't get the same benefits from the same Employer, now tell me where is the justice in that? As most Maldivians working in Male are not from Male and is from Rajjetherey...

Double standards by companies and government alike.

The youth of the Maldives need to make a stand.