Ten maltreated overseas Filipino workers (OFWS) from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have filed cases against their recruiters and principals following their repatriation to the Philippines.
The Department of Labor and Employment has lifted the deployment ban to the Gaza Strip and parts of Israel, Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said over the weekend.
After a ban of more than a year, the deployment of new domestic workers to Saudi Arabia has resumed.
Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz has ordered the regional offices of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (Owwa) to help locate families of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) coming from areas hit by Typhoon “Pablo” in the Visayas and Mindanao.
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has warned Filipino doctors, nurses and other professional medical workers about applying for jobs in the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands (CNMI), saying that latest reports indicated a dire economic situation in the US trust territory.
There is no need to repatriate thousands of Filipinos from Libya just yet, according to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
The Philippines has officially become the 30th member-state of the International Labor Organization (ILO) to ratify the Maritime Labor Convention (MLC) of 2006, dubbed the international seafarers’ bill of rights.
The Province of Alberta in Canada has extended its Temporary Foreign Worker Pilot (TFWP) project to include welders and six other skilled occupations, according to Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz.
Amid the escalating conflict in Syria, several batches of Filipinos were repatriated this month as the government continues to widen its reach to Filipino communities around the strife-torn country.
Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz over the weekend warned the public against Internet websites claiming to be affiliated with the official website of the Canadian government and offering jobs.
Thousands of jobless Filipinos might get lucky today as the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) stages job and livelihood fairs across the country.
The government has lifted the ban on the deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to Nigeria, Libya and South Sudan.
