Filipinos who want to work in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) may troop to the Philippine Overseas Labor Offices (POLO) in Riyadh, Jeddah, and Al-Khobar, which will resume accepting job offers by November 7 after the government lifted the worker-- READ:
in Riyadh, Jeddah, and Al-Khobar, which will resume accepting job offers by November 7 after the government lifted the worker deployment ban there in September.
According to the DMW, a total of 189,826 newly hired overseas Filipino workers were deployed to KSA in 2019, of which 37,278 are domestic workers and cleaners, while 152,548 were employed in construction and other occupational skills.Following months of bilateral talks, Ople said the Philippines and Saudi Arabia agreed on “first-time” reforms in labor policies for migrant work.
The countries also adopted a joint alternative dispute settlement mechanism that would pave the way for a more transparent, fair, and amicable settlement of employment disputes. Duty to provide health care in accordance with Saudi laws; paid sick leave for 30 days; explicit prohibition to withhold possession of a passport, iqama, and other personal documents; and repatriation at the employer’s expense in the event of a pandemic or other analogous circumstances.
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