Labor Cooperation Agreements With Middle East Countries Are Being Fasttracked

The labor cooperation agreements with Middle East countries are being fasttracked according to Abella to help improve working conditions and protect the rights of Filipino workers, said globalnation.inquirer.

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) said Wednesday “high-level” discussion was ongoing between the Philippine and Kuwaiti governments to tackle issues concerning the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Kuwait POEA Administrator Bernard Olalia said the Philippine government should send a strong message to its counterpart in Kuwaiti about abuses committed against the Filipinos.

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Olalia said the Philippines government was asking Kuwait to change certain policies regarding OFWs particularly on issues of passport, labor standards, and communication. “We have to send a clear message to the Kuwaiti government. We have to tell them that the security and full protection of our OFWs are primordial concerns of our government,” Olalia said. According to the standard.com.ph, first-time domestic workers barred from leaving for Kuwait may instead be sent to other countries, POEA said. These individuals, who were affected by the deployment ban to Kuwait, may be sent to countries such as Hong Kong, Cyprus or Singapore, which also have a high demand for household service workers, said Olalia.

SOURCE : ARABTIMES

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