RIYADH // Saudi Arabia’s Labour Ministry said the kingdom would no longer issue work permits for domestic workers from Indonesia and the Philippines after these nations issued new hiring guidelines.
Khatab Al Atiry, the ministry’s spokesman, said yesterday the decision would be effective from July 2.
The new terms laid out by the Asian countries included the release of more information about employers and a mandatory minimum wage.
Indonesia said on June 22 it would not send domestic workers to Saudi Arabia until Riyadh signed a deal on migrant-worker protection.
The moratorium came after the execution days earlier of an Indonesian maid convicted of murdering her Saudi employer’s wife.
Indonesian officials complained they were not informed that the execution would be taking place.
In May, the Philippines rejected an appeal from Saudi Arabia to cut the minimum wage for Filipina maids in half and said it would not be sending new domestic helpers until the dispute was resolved.
The labour secretary, Rosalinda Baldoz, said the Saudi government wanted the minimum monthly salary for Filipina maids lowered from US$400 (Dh1,469) to $200.
Indonesians and Filipinos make up the bulk of household workers in Saudi Arabia, where they work as maids, drivers and gardeners.
An estimated 250,000 Filipinos and 900,000 Indonesians work in these jobs. The Filipinos in Saudi Arabia represent just a portion of about 9 million Filipinos, or 10 per cent of the population, who work in some 190 countries to escape poverty and unemployment at home.
Workers abroad send back remittances amounting to 10 per cent of the Philippines’ annual gross domestic product, fuelling domestic consumption and keeping the local economy afloat. –Agence France-Presse
September 18 –
International Equal Pay Day
“Increase wages now,
more than other cost items.
For widespread, practical equality!”
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against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the recommendations of the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry
against serious violations of protocols of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association.
Accept the National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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October –
Monthly Observances:
Industry and Commerce Safety Month
National Statistics Month
Local Government Month
Consumer Welfare Month
Cooperative Month
National Quality and Productivity Improvement Month
National Health and Wellness Tourism Month
National Indigenous Peoples Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Elderly Filipino Week
Week 2: National Health Education Week
Local Government Week
National Mental Health Week
October 17-23:
National Week for Overcoming Extreme Poverty
October 18 – 24:
United Nations Week
Last Week:
Nurses’ Week
Consumers’ Protection Week
Week of the 4th Sunday:
Barrio Farmers’ Week
Daily Observances:
First Monday (Oct 4): Universal Children’s Day i
n the Philippines
Oct 5: National Teachers’ Day
Oct 10: Local Government Day
Third Thursday (Oct 14): Conflict Resolution Day
Oct 21: Tenants’ Emancipation day
Oct 24: United Nations Day
Oct 29: National Indigenous People’s Thanksgiving Day
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