LOCAL RECRUITERS have inked an agreement with counterparts in the Emirate of Dubai to ensure the rights of Filipino domestic workers, including a wage floor, a Cabinet official said yesterday.
In a statement, Labor Secretary Rosalinda D. Baldoz said local licensed recruitment agencies (LRAs) and foreign placement agencies (FPAs) representing foreign employers in Dubai signed a joint statement of commitment that will pave the way for the full implementation of the Labor department’s reform package for Household Service Workers (HSWs).
Provisions of the package include payment of the minimum monthly salary of $400 and non-charging of excessive fees.
Delmer Cruz, labor attache-designate to Dubai, said another important provision of the joint statement is on repatriation.
“… (T)he Philippine LRAs and the Dubai FPAs… will facilitate the repatriation of distressed workers they deploy and cooperate fully with proper authorities in doing so,” he was quoted as saying in the statement.
For her part, Ms. Baldoz said: “I am happy to note that the new SEC for HSWs to be deployed to Saudi Arabia has motivated other Middle East countries to follow suit and also formulate their own modes of giving our HSWs the kind of protection they truly deserve.”
She was referring to a similar agreement with Saudi Arabia which set a minimum wage for Filipino domestic workers last September.
The minimum wage for foreign household helpers has also been raised by the Hong Kong government in September.
Increases of HK$180 (4.8%) to $3,920 on the minimum allowable wage (MAW) and HK$100 (12.9%) to HK$875 on the food allowance of foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong will be implemented for contracts signed starting Sept. 20 this year. — A. S. O. Alegado, Businessworld
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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
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29 Sept – International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste
30 Sept – World Maritime Day
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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)
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Sept 17 – 23:
World Clean and Green Week
Week 2: Education Week
Week 4: Medicine Week
Last Week: National Family Week
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Third Saturday:
International Coastal Clean-up Day
Third Monday: World Health Day
Last Friday: National Maritime Day
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