Pinay maid in Saudi accuses employer of harassment

A Filipina maid in Qassim in Saudi Arabia has accused her employer of harassing her, and has sought protection from the Philippine Overseas Labor Office in Riyadh.
 
The household service worker from Ampatuan in Maguindanao is now staying with other runaway workers at Bahay Kalinga under the POLO-Riyadh, Arab News reported.
 
She reportedly suffered "unpleasant overtures" from her employer on Aug. 26, 28 and 29. She then lodged a complaint with the Philippine Embassy against him.
 
But when the employer and his family went to Dubai two weeks ago, he brought her to the Saudi capital, and asked the driver to take her to the Philippine Embassy to withdraw her complaint.
 
"That’s how I managed to come here,” the Filipina told Arab News.
 
The OFW arrived in the Kingdom in May 2014 and got a monthly salary of SR1,200, below the SR1,500 as agreed between the Philippine and Saudi governments.
 
But while the OFW said she wanted to just transfer to another employer, the legal officer reportedly told her she would have to return to the Philippines to solve her problem to process her papers, without violating the Kingdom’s labor laws.
 
The Arab News report said labor attache Rustico dela Fuente could not immediately be contacted. It cited a source who said the Filipina will be endorsed to the Saudi Social Welfare Administration.
 
The OFW also said she was illegally deployed to Saudi Arabia, saying her paper was processed by one Trustworthy Manpower Agency "but it was no longer in existence at the time."
 
"So, my papers were passed on to another agency,” she said. — Joel Locsin/JDS, GMA News

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