The three-year deployment ban for OFWs in Lebanon has not yet been lifted. Currently, the country is negotiating on a bilateral level with Lebanon’s Ministry of Labor on issues related to labor standards.
Department of Labor and Employment Secretary Marianito Roque discussed during a press briefing prior to the Cabinet meeting here today. “We won’t allow our Filipino workers’ deployment there (Lebanon) unless we agree first on labor standards,” Roque stressed.
Roque said they are also awaiting the comments from the Lebanese Ministry of Labor regarding its position on the draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) the DOLE provided it earlier.
Roque adds that he may send a technical team from DOLE and the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to Lebanon within the next two weeks to sit down and discuss pertinent details about redeployment and how “we should finalize that MOU.” (PIA-MMIO)
