The leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is about to create rules for the protection of migrant workers which includes thousands of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs)
Senior labor officials attending the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Labor Ministers’ Retreat are preparing to finalize the draft instrument for the implementation of a Declaration to promote and protect migrant workers’ rights made 10 years ago.
“I have received word yesterday (Sunday) through a show of goodwill and a very open yet frank discussion, we have gained a significant stride on how to move the process forward to be able to meet the April 2017 deadline,” Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said.
Mr. Bello clarified that there are still unresolved issues among the labor ministers, specifically on including the term “legally binding.”
Sec. Bello said that with some ASEAN member countries not yet ready to adopt the term, it was proposed that “morally-binding” be used instead.
The Declaration was signed on Jan. 13, 2007 during the 12th ASEAN Summit in Cebu City.
Sec. Bello urged his fellow ministers to keep a mindset that will help them complete their task of implementing the Declaration.
Senior labor officials attending the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Labor Ministers’ Retreat are preparing to finalize the draft instrument for the implementation of a Declaration to promote and protect migrant workers’ rights made 10 years ago.
“I have received word yesterday (Sunday) through a show of goodwill and a very open yet frank discussion, we have gained a significant stride on how to move the process forward to be able to meet the April 2017 deadline,” Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said.
Mr. Bello clarified that there are still unresolved issues among the labor ministers, specifically on including the term “legally binding.”
Sec. Bello said that with some ASEAN member countries not yet ready to adopt the term, it was proposed that “morally-binding” be used instead.
The Declaration was signed on Jan. 13, 2007 during the 12th ASEAN Summit in Cebu City.
Sec. Bello urged his fellow ministers to keep a mindset that will help them complete their task of implementing the Declaration.
“Out of mutual respect, we always agree by consensus and once a consensus is reached, we ethically bind ourselves to implement and agree on a set of commitments.” he said.
Mr. Bello said that the instrument that is “meaningful to the everyday lives of ASEAN migrant workers.” should to contain provisions on the promotion and protection of migrant workers’ rights including “protection on working hours, exemption from the payment of terminal fees and recruitment fees” among others.
Mr. Bello said that the instrument that is “meaningful to the everyday lives of ASEAN migrant workers.” should to contain provisions on the promotion and protection of migrant workers’ rights including “protection on working hours, exemption from the payment of terminal fees and recruitment fees” among others.
On May 17, 2016, in Vientiane, Laos, nine labour ministers of the Association of SouthEast Asian Nations (ASEAN), assembled in this capital city of Lao People’s Democratic Republic for their 24th biennial meeting, unanimously adopted the proposal of the Philippines to finalize by September 2016, at the earliest, or by April 2017, at the latest, the draft ASEAN instrument on the protection and promotion of the rights of migrant workers.
Nine years in the making since the issuance of the ASEAN’s Cebu Declaration, negotiations on the instrument has been deadlocked on four principle issues—the legal nature of the document, whether it is to be binding or not binding, and on the inclusion of migrants’ families and undocumented workers.
With this new development thousands of migrant workers will benefit from it.
If this new rules will come into effect, the migrant workers will surely get peace of mind as well as their family back home.
Source: Business World Online
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