DOLE: Deployment ban to Jordan partially lifted

MANILA, Philippines - Household workers who have previous employment contracts in Jordan may return to the Middle East country after the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) partially lifted the deployment ban there.

The labor department in a statement said that Household Service Workers (HSW) who are returning to work with the same employer in Jordan will be exempted from DOLE's previous ban.

"This is provided that the salary of the returning HSWs shall in no way be lower than the prescribed monthly pay for Filipino household service workers of US$400," the department order said.

Labor Secretary Marianito Roque has recently issued department order No. 93-08 series of 2008 that grants partial exemption to the returning HSW in Jordan.

Roque also instructed the Philippine Overseas and Employment Agency (POEA) and the Philippine Labor Office in Jordan
(POLO) to resume the processing of employment documents of qualified returning HSWs.

The POEA and POLO-Jordan were also told to disseminate the information and to monitor the terms and conditions of the employment of the returning HSWs to the same Jordanian employer.

The labor department has set a monthly salary cap of US$400 to HSWs to ensure that only legitimate and capable employers can avail the services of Filipino HSWs.

This move of the labor department was aimed of providing added securities and eventually eliminates the abuses and exploitation of HSWs in the said Middle-East country. - GMANews.TV

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