As the total deployment ban in Kuwait was lifted, the recruitment agencies deploying overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Kuwait will be under strict monitoring by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
Labor Usec. Jacinto Paras said that is going to have a meeting with the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) and Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) to draft new guidelines in sending OFWs to the Gulf State. It also includes reviewing the licenses of the recruitment agencies.
The recruitment agencies will also be required to provide training especially for Household Service Workers (HSW) before their deployment at no cost to the HSWs.
Labor Usec. Jacinto Paras said that is going to have a meeting with the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) and Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) to draft new guidelines in sending OFWs to the Gulf State. It also includes reviewing the licenses of the recruitment agencies.
The recruitment agencies will also be required to provide training especially for Household Service Workers (HSW) before their deployment at no cost to the HSWs.
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According to DOLE data, there are about 5,000 OFW who are now ready for their deployment in Kuwait while about 15, 000 more are on process.
Senate Committee on Labor, Employment, and Human Resources Development is asking for Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) to submit a report regarding the required training that the OFWs must undergo prior to their deployment abroad.
Committee chairman Senator Joel Villanueva, wanted to check if the requirement for OFWs to undergo training before the OFWs are finally allowed for deployment is strictly being followed.
Villanueva also cited that it is also important to know the difficulties and problems they found out while the soon to be deployed HSWs are still undergoing the training.
Malcañang added that HSWs would undergo “mandatory training” that would be shouldered by their recruiters.
The mandatory training, he said, would be in addition to training HSWs already at the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority’s (TESDA).
The Philippine government imposed a ban on the deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to Kuwait, amidst reports of violence and abuse of employers in that Gulf state.
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