PH embassy helps OFWs file case vs employers in Riyadh
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MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is assisting 24 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in filing complaints against their erring employers.
The embassy, through the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Al Khobar, first assisted 10 OFWs employed at Ali Fahad Al Huraish Establishment in filing a complaint against their employer at the Saudi Labor Office in Al Khobar.
The complaint stemmed from the workers’ delayed salaries, non-payment of overtime pay and requiring its workers to drive without a license.
In an agreement reached between the workers and the company, five of the complainants will be repatriated soon while the remaining five will follow later.
Labor Attaché Adam Musa of POLO-Al Khobar assured affected workers that his office will continue to provide them assistance, including food, toiletries, and financial support.
Musa added that the workers’ deploying agency in the Philippines was also required to provide subsistence allowance to the workers. The deploying agency, YHMD International Manpower Services, has provided cash allowance to the workers in August and September. Additional subsistence allowance will also be provided for October.
Meanwhile, POLO officials in Al Khobar are also providing assistance to 14 OFWs who have filed a complaint against their employer in Al Khobar.
The OFWs employed at YahiaHamad Al Naseeb are complaining of reduced salaries, poor accommodation, non-issuance of a driver’s license, among others.
They were accompanied by POLO officials when filing their complaint before the Saudi Labor Office in Al Khobar on September 15.
The officials were with the workers during three hearings held at the Saudi Labor Office last September 22 and 29 and October 8.
The embassy, through the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Al Khobar, first assisted 10 OFWs employed at Ali Fahad Al Huraish Establishment in filing a complaint against their employer at the Saudi Labor Office in Al Khobar.
The complaint stemmed from the workers’ delayed salaries, non-payment of overtime pay and requiring its workers to drive without a license.
In an agreement reached between the workers and the company, five of the complainants will be repatriated soon while the remaining five will follow later.
Labor Attaché Adam Musa of POLO-Al Khobar assured affected workers that his office will continue to provide them assistance, including food, toiletries, and financial support.
Musa added that the workers’ deploying agency in the Philippines was also required to provide subsistence allowance to the workers. The deploying agency, YHMD International Manpower Services, has provided cash allowance to the workers in August and September. Additional subsistence allowance will also be provided for October.
Meanwhile, POLO officials in Al Khobar are also providing assistance to 14 OFWs who have filed a complaint against their employer in Al Khobar.
The OFWs employed at YahiaHamad Al Naseeb are complaining of reduced salaries, poor accommodation, non-issuance of a driver’s license, among others.
They were accompanied by POLO officials when filing their complaint before the Saudi Labor Office in Al Khobar on September 15.
The officials were with the workers during three hearings held at the Saudi Labor Office last September 22 and 29 and October 8.
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