The Department of Labor and Employment is now monitoring the possible impact on overseas Filipino workers of last weekend’s credit rating downgrade on the United States.
“We are closely watching how the credit rating downgrade of the US by Standard & Poor’s will unfold [in the near term],” Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said in a statement issued Tuesday.
The Labor chief pointed out she does not expect any massive layoff of OFWs despite the economic crisis in the world’s No. 1 economy.
Baldoz also noted Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Gov. Amado Tetangco Jr. had downplayed the effects of the credit rating downgrade on the Philippines.
On the other hand, she said it is too early to tell how the downgrade will affect the employment of Filipinos in the US.
The DOLE said the Philippines’ deployment of new hires and rehires to the US stood at only 3,705 OFWs as of the end of 2010.
“In 2010, we deployed only 3,705 OFWs to the US compared to 6,248 OFWs in 2009. Most of them were farm and hotel/resort workers holding H2B and H2A visas,” she said. — JE, GMA News
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International Equal Pay Day
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more than other cost items.
For widespread, practical equality!”
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against serious violations of protocols of
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September –
5 Sept – Intl Day of Charity
7 Sept – Intl Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies
8 Sept – International Literacy Day
12 Sept – United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
15 Sept – International Day of Democracy
16 Sept – International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
17 Sept – World Patient Safety Day
18 Sept – International Equal Pay Day
21 Sept – International Day of Peace
26 Sept – International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
27 Sept – World Tourism Day
28 Sept – International Day for Universal Access to Information
29 Sept – International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste
30 Sept – World Maritime Day
Monthly Observances:
Health, Safety and Sanitation Month
National Clean-up Month
Civil Service Month
National Peace Consciousness Month
Social Security Month
Rule of Law Month
National Teachers’ Month (Sept 5-Oct 4)
Weekly Observances:
Sept 17 – 23:
World Clean and Green Week
Week 2: Education Week
Week 4: Medicine Week
Last Week: National Family Week
Daily Observances:
Third Saturday:
International Coastal Clean-up Day
Third Monday: World Health Day
Last Friday: National Maritime Day
Sept 8: National Literacy Day
Sept 15: Philippine Medicine Day
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