MANILA, Philippines—Saudi Arabia has released a new minimum age requirement for employment in several categories of Filipino workers to make sure they are mature enough to work in the kingdom.
The new minimum age requirements for the following categories are as follows: Domestic helper—21 years; female nurse and flight attendant—21 years; babysitter (should be Muslim)—21 years; dressmaker—30 years; salesman for textiles and ladies wear apparel shops—40 years; barber—35 years; physical therapist—35 years; family driver—21 years, and male worker—21 years.
Consul Faisal H. Al-Kahtani, head of the consular section of the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Manila, said the new age limit would take effect immediately and would be strictly enforced. –Cynthia Balana, Philippine Daily Inquirer
World Day for Safety and Health at Work
“Safety and health at work every day!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations against serious violations of Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government
(NUG) of Myanmar.
Reject Military!
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Monthly Observances:
March – Women’s Role in History Month
April – Month of Planet Earth
Weekly Observances:
Last Week of March: Protection and Gender Fair Treatment of the Girl Child Week
Last Week of April – World Immunization Week
Daily Observances:
Mar 25 – International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transallantic Slave Trade
Mar 27– Earth Hour
Apr 21 – Civil Service Day
Apr 22 – World Earth Day
Apr 28 – World Day for Safety and Health at Work
