OFWs in Taiwan safe from layoffs but earnings may fall - recruiter

MANILA, Philippines – A recruitment leader on Tuesday expressed confidence that Filipino workers in Taiwan are secure in their jobs as Taiwan factory owners are not expected to stop operations amid the global economic meltdown.

Jackson Gan, president of the Pilipino Manpower Agencies Accredited to Taiwan (Pilmat), said he received information from his business ties in Taiwan that factories are just slowing down in their production due to the cancellation of orders arising from the business downfall in Western countries.

“However, they intend to keep their Filipino workers on site and to just reduce over-time hours for some factories. Other companies may re-tool their production lines and concentrate on their other electronics products," Gan said in a press statement.

Some of products produced in Taiwan are computers and other information technology materials.

Taiwan, according to the statement, is the second most productive country in the world in terms of IT products.

The close to 100,000 Filipino workers in Taiwan constitute a majority of foreign workers in that country. They are said to be well-liked because of their ability to speak English and are hard working all the time, Gan said.

Because of lesser overtime pay that OFWs can earn, Gan expects dollar remittances from OFWs in Taiwan to go down slightly by the end of the last quarter of 2008 compared to the $184 million remittances sent they sent for that same period in 2007. - GMANews.TV

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