by ace | Nov 2, 2011 | Announcements, National News
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Nov. 02 (PIA)–Gidid-an ang mga Pinoy sa Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) sa pagbyahe aron mo trabaho sa 41 ka nasud nga giingong pakyas sa paghatag og igong proteksyon batok sa mga pagpangabuso. Matud pa ni Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz, gi-aprobahan sa POEA ang mga resolusyon nga nagbutang sa ‘blacklisted countries’ nga pakyas sa paglagda og international conventions sa pagprotehir sa mga foreign workers.
Ang maong mga nasud wala usab milagda og bilateral agreements tali sa nasud sa Pilipinas kalabot sa “protection of the rights of overseas Filipino workers,” matud pa sa maong resolusyon. Wala usab sila’y kaugalingong balaod nga nagprotehir sa mga foreign workers. Apil sa maong listahan ang mga nasud sa Afghanistan, Libya, Iraq, Sudan, Chad ug Pakistan. (PIA-Bohol/ecb)
by magnolia_eic | Dec 1, 2010 | Headlines, National News
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) clarifies on Sunday on the issue that
there is a current deployment ban of OFWs to South Korea as reported earlier, as she says
there will be only a delay, according to local news sites.
In a statement released by Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz, she clarified that the
government did not impose a ban for OFW’s bound for South Korea, but rather delayed the
schedule of the 55-member of OFW, which was moved from November 30 to December 7,
2010.
The decision to ban the deployment of Filipinos to South Korea, where tension has been high
following last week’s artillery exchange between the two Koreas, will still have to be made
pending a review of the security situation there, Baldoz said.
“The government team, headed by Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo
and which the President had directed to assess the situation, had recommended this decision
as a matter of caution and prudence,” she said.
“Any further decision on the deployment of OFWs to South Korea will be reviewed after the
team of Ambassador Roy Cimatu, which has been ordered to go to South Korea to assess
the situation there, has submitted a report,” Baldoz added.
There are sixty thousand Filipino nationals in South Korea and only nine are working in North
Korea. Of the nine Filipino nationals, five are working for the United Nations, and four are
working for a foreign international tobacco company. (PIA)
by magnolia_eic | Sep 26, 2010 | Headlines, National News
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Thursday assured that employment opportunities are brighter for jobseekers with the coming holiday season.
Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said various industries are expected to hire more workers in the last three months of the year as commercial establishments nationwide prepare for Christmas.
Even poor but deserving students who are on Christmas vacation can work temporarily in various business firms and government offices nationwide as provided under the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES).
Employers will pay 60 percent of the students’ minimum wage while the government would shoulder the remaining 40 percent. The working students are also entitled to other benefits and privileges under the Labor Code.
Republic Act 9547 or the SPES Amendatory Law was passed last year to encourage employers engaged in small and medium enterprises to hire poor but deserving students so they will have the opportunity to earn more during vacation. (PIA)
