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Sunday, March 05, 2017

SAUDI GOV'T TO COMPANIES: RETURN PASSPORT OF EMPLOYEES WITHIN ONE MONTH OR BE PENALIZED



OFWs and other expats have a reason to rejoice, for finally, their passport will be given to them, as LABOR MINISTRY of SAUDI ARABIA warned employers to return non-Saudi passport within one month or face penalties.

The government of Saudi Arabia through the Ministry of Labour and Social Development has reportedly given employers one month to return passports to their employees.
#Saudi Labor Ministry — One-month deadline for #employers to return #employees#passportshttps://t.co/fUGN2E5YTy
In a report by the Saudi Gazette, the country’s Council of Ministers first banned employers from keeping passports severals years ago.

SEE ALSO:
SAUDI ARABIA, UAE, QATAR, OMAN, BAHRAIN AND KUWAIT EMPLOYERS SHOULD NOT HOLD WORKER'S PASSPORT

Also, a couple of years ago, former Philippine Ambassador to Saudi Arabia inform Filipino Overseas Workers to report to labor department if their employers are keeping their passport from them


PHILIPPINES AMBASSADOR TO SAUDI: REPORT IF YOUR EMPLOYER REFUSED TO GIVE YOUR PASSPORT
The KSA Ministry of Labor will also penalized employees with a fine of SAR2,000 if they keep their employees passport or fail to return them. Accordingly, reports says that the Labor Ministry and Social Development is giving EMPLOYERS ONE MONTH deadline to return the passports of their employees.

Previous posts about this generated a lot of comments that their employers are still keeping their passports and do not follow the Labor Ministry order. 


This is good news to many Filipinos, OFWs based in Saudi Arabia especially those working as household service workers.Some employers are keeping their passport so they cannot escape from maltreatment and abused. Some are simply keeping their passport so they will be hold hostage, especially if employers are not following rules and regulations agreed especially when it comes to salary, day-off and unfit labor practices.


Read some of the comments below regarding OFW employers withholding their passport from them
Quoting the Secretary General of National Society for Human Rights Khalid Al-Fakhiri said that holding an employee’s passport is a form of human trafficking. “What binds the employer and the employee is the contract. The passport is a personal document. No one has the right to take it because it becomes a crime of abuse and denial of rights,” as reported in Saudi Gazette.
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13 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ganun padin alang pagbabago,d2 sa saudi hawak padin ng employer ang mga passport ng mga employees nila at wala pading day off,pero sa contract me day off..

Anonymous said...

Im working in the MOH and until now our passports are with them. These rules actually are nonsense.

Anonymous said...

Pakyu..!Nonsense ang sinasabi nyo actionan nyo hndi panay post. Kawawa naman mga kababayan naten lalo na mga DH kaya wala akong bilib sa mga pinag sasabi ng embassy naten dito sa saudi.. leche!

Anonymous said...

Ganon parin walang pagbabago..hawak parin ng amo namin yong passport..tapos walang day off..at saka ang sahod iba sa contrata dapat 1500 ang salary sakin 1200 lng...

Anonymous said...

Mismo mga taga.embassy dto sa Riyadh ang ngsabi nun tumawag aq.na wala daw magagawa sa bagay n un kc d talaga cla sumusunod kahit nasa kontrata un..para saan etong batas na sinasabi?.

Unknown said...

1.OUR PASSPORT WAS TAKEN BY OUR EMPLOYER THEY DONT WANT TO GIVE
2.THEY ALWAYS LOCK OUR ROOM DOOR CAUSE WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO GO OUT SIDE

Unknown said...

Ang passport ko po at mga papers ko knuha skn ng madam ko nung bgong dting aq dto s riyadh. Tas mg 7 month n aq ngaung feb. Wla p dn iqama pro mbait nmn amo ko mdyo tpid kng s food.

Unknown said...

Dito rin sa akin 1year& 2months na ako amo ko din nag hahawak sa pass.Tpos libre ko dito pagkain lang bibili ako load every month 100 rEyal...Amo ko din lalaki palagi nagpa massage sa akin.kAinis

Unknown said...

hinde lahat ng amo sumusunod sa policy nila dto bakit amo ko tagal kuna dto sa knilahawak pa din nila ang passport ko kalokohan ng mga arabo yan..

Unknown said...

Hnd nmn sinosunod ng mga madamh ang roles sila parin ang my hawak ng passport ko walang natupsd sa kontrata

Unknown said...

Hindi ko po hawak yung passport ko at iqama.naratakot daw sila bka umalis kmi na mga kadama

Anonymous said...

gnun din po ako kinaltasan pko my isang buwan sahod dhil dw s gastos nila pgpunta ko dto . baliw p ung isang Bata mapaglaro ng dumi nya. Mana sa inang may mental problem. buti nlng khit pno nalilibng ako sa baby. mhilig kse me s Bata kya khit pno nllampasan ko hirap at home sick dto s Saudi.

Unknown said...

Sana nman gawan nila agad ng aksyon yan na ibigay satin ang ating mga passport at iqama. Sna rin bgyan nila tayo ng day off. Daig pa natin ang ibon na nakakulong sa hawla