Due to the economic crisis in Italy and other European countries, some overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) there are now asking about opportunities here for a possible return, according to Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz.
Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz on Wednesday allayed fears that Filipino workers would no longer be welcome in Singapore after the city-state imposed limits on foreign workers.
Because overseas Filipino workers are the country’s best faces to the world, the Department of Labor and Employment has ordered the crafting of a new orientation module on Filipino values for OFWs.
Thousands of Filipino workers in Taiwan will benefit from the new minimum wage increase approved by the island’s legislative body effective this month.
Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz on Tuesday clarified that the deportation of some 300 Filipinos from Sabah was not in any way connected to the violent confrontation in the territory between the Malaysian authorities and the followers of Sulu’s Sultan Jamalul Kiram III.
Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz urged on Thursday, overseas Filipino workers intending to apply for a United Arab Emirates (UAE) visa to file their applications early because its approval would be directed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abu Dhabi.
Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz warned all overseas Filipino workers bound for Australia against pornographic materials, including those stored in laptops and cellphones, saying this is a serious offense under the Australian federal and state criminal law.
The Department of Labor and Employment has warned overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) against using commercial visas to go to Kuwait to work, saying the scheme places them at a very precarious and dangerous situation.
There is no need to repatriate thousands of Filipinos from Libya just yet, according to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
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.
To give Filipinos who left the country illegally to work abroad a chance to return home to see their children graduate in March, Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said Monday the government would review its policy barring them from legalizing their status.
