aaaThe Philippine Consulate General (PCG) has asked the Hong Kong government to include the food allowance of Filipino domestic helpers (FDHs) in their salaries, a PCG official said.
Vice Consul Alex Vallespin said that the PCG raised the matter with Labour Department officials during the technical working group (TWG) meeting on September 27.
The HK government on September 30 increased the minimum allowable wage (MAW) of FDHs from $4,210 to $4,310 per month and their food allowance from $995 to $1,037.
“We also raised na isama na ang f...
aaaTHE Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) will ban employers who “frequently” terminate Filipino domestic workers, said Labor Attaché Jalilo dela Torre.
Dela Torre said he has ordered that those who terminate and change FDHs several times a year will be included in the POLO’s blacklist.
“Pag within a period of one year, for example, ganyan uma-appear ng uma-appear yung pangalan ng employer na yan, iwatch list na rin namin,” dela Torre said.
“Ibig sabihin, pumipili at madalas magterminate. Nasa radar na rin nam...
aaaIT’S just the start of the year but financial debts have already driven three Filipino domestic workers to their deaths, the top Filipino diplomat in the territory said.
Speaking at the Bayanihan Centre on February 3, Consul General Bernardita Catalla said three of the four Filipino suicides reported in January were related to “money problems.”
“Three out of the four reported suicide cases were related to debts,” Catalla told a group of domestic workers.
Consulate officials earlier expressed concern because the number of Fi...
aaaDID she steal the $500 or was she framed up?
A Filipino household service worker was charged with theft after her employer in Aberdeen said a missing $500 was found in her bag.
Nora A. vehemently denied the charge at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts while her lawyer alleged that her employer mistreated the Filipino domestic worker on October 15 and framed her up so that they would not pay her one month salary in lieu of notice of termination.
“You yourself went to the bathroom and picked up a mop..Did you rub it on the de...
aaaA judge in Sha Tin has dismissed the petition of a Filipino domestic worker to stop her trial for breach of condition of stay.
Magistrate Ivy Chui on November 8 dismissed the petition of the worker, surnamed Dumayag, after the Filipina failed to convince the judge that she was a victim of human trafficking.
“I am not satisfied that this defendant is a victim of human trafficking. The defendant was not deprived of any of her liberty and she could communicate with others freely,” Judge Chui said.
“I don’t think I will n...
