Recruiters see rise in deployment of OFWs to Taiwan
MANILA, Philippines - Despite recent layoffs, recruiters have expressed optimism that there will be an increase in the deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFW) to Taiwan in the second quarter of 2009.
Pilipino Manpower Agencies Accredited to Taiwan (PILMAT) president Jackson Gan in a statement on Tuesday said he is optimistic that there will be increased deployment to Taiwan as there will be additional job orders due to new hiring policies to be implemented by Taiwan’s Council of Labor Affairs.
Taiwan recently had the largest number of companies affected by the economic crunch, laying off 3,321 Filipino workers due to the downsizing and bankruptcy of 60 companies in the electronic, metal works, and semi-conductor industry.
But Gan was optimistic that Filipino workers will be able gain employment once again in the island nation because of massive infrastructure projects that it will implement this year.
This includes the construction of roads, tunnels, additional train lines, and other pump-priming funds that will increase their economic spending.
"The construction projects for the second half of 2009 will see the entry construction workers from Southeast Asia especially from the Philippines with its large supply of skilled and unskilled workers," he said in the statement.
Gan visited officials of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) – the Philippines’ de-facto embassy in Taiwan – who reportedly told him that fewer OFWs will be returning from Taiwan in the second quarter of this year.
Labor attache Rodolfo Sambulao assured the PILMAT president that the number of factories shutting down or slowing down operations in Taiwan will go down during the first quarter of 2009.
He also said that he expects many more factories to reopen with new orders of export products from the United States.
Gan said he is also currently talking with Antonio Basilio, Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) managing director, about the redeployment of displaced workers in the island nation and the settlement of laid-off OFWs who wish to return to the Philippines.
In addition, he said that Taiwan deploying agencies are in constant communication with displaced workers and are taking care of their complaints. - Kimberly Jane Tan, GMANews.TV
Pilipino Manpower Agencies Accredited to Taiwan (PILMAT) president Jackson Gan in a statement on Tuesday said he is optimistic that there will be increased deployment to Taiwan as there will be additional job orders due to new hiring policies to be implemented by Taiwan’s Council of Labor Affairs.
Taiwan recently had the largest number of companies affected by the economic crunch, laying off 3,321 Filipino workers due to the downsizing and bankruptcy of 60 companies in the electronic, metal works, and semi-conductor industry.
But Gan was optimistic that Filipino workers will be able gain employment once again in the island nation because of massive infrastructure projects that it will implement this year.
This includes the construction of roads, tunnels, additional train lines, and other pump-priming funds that will increase their economic spending.
"The construction projects for the second half of 2009 will see the entry construction workers from Southeast Asia especially from the Philippines with its large supply of skilled and unskilled workers," he said in the statement.
Gan visited officials of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) – the Philippines’ de-facto embassy in Taiwan – who reportedly told him that fewer OFWs will be returning from Taiwan in the second quarter of this year.
Labor attache Rodolfo Sambulao assured the PILMAT president that the number of factories shutting down or slowing down operations in Taiwan will go down during the first quarter of 2009.
He also said that he expects many more factories to reopen with new orders of export products from the United States.
Gan said he is also currently talking with Antonio Basilio, Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) managing director, about the redeployment of displaced workers in the island nation and the settlement of laid-off OFWs who wish to return to the Philippines.
In addition, he said that Taiwan deploying agencies are in constant communication with displaced workers and are taking care of their complaints. - Kimberly Jane Tan, GMANews.TV
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