MANILA — The Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) is gearing to develop ethical guidelines for household employers of domestic workers to engender the protection of domestic workers’ rights, promote their welfare, and ensure a more harmonious relationship with their employers. Read the rest of this entry »

HOUSEHOLD service workers remain as the most in demand job outside the country, according to Philippine Overseas Employment Authority (POEA) Regional Coordinator Rose Jervoso. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – It’s a story you hear every day. May it be in the concrete jungles of Manila, or in an impoverished far-flung area, the Pearl of the Orient has a few left opportunities for the struggling Filipino family to earn just enough for a daily decent meal. Read the rest of this entry »

Saudi Arabia has set a minimum wage of SAR600-800 (US$160-213) for foreign domestic workers in the Gulf state.

Officials in the GCC’s largest country set the cost of recruitment fees at SAR15,000 – 17,000, local media reported citing Saad Al-Badah, chairman of the national recruitment committee at the Saudi Chambers of Commerce and Industry. Read the rest of this entry »

THE demand for Filipino maids is increasing despite the higher wage employers have to pay for their services.

The minimum wage for Filipino maids is set at US$400 (RM1,228) per month compared with RM600 to RM800 price-range for Indonesians. Read the rest of this entry »

HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal on Wednesday overturned a landmark ruling that opened the door for thousands of foreign maids to claim residency in the southern Chinese city. Read the rest of this entry »

Foreign maids gather in Central, business district in Hong Kong. AP photo/Kin Cheung

Hong Kong – Hong Kong’s court of appeal on Wednesday overturned a landmark ruling that opened the door for thousands of foreign maids to claim residency in the southern Chinese city. Read the rest of this entry »

HONG KONG’S government, facing calls to limit the strains on the city’s health and social services, won an appeal against a ruling that would have cleared the way for foreign maids to seek permanent residency in the territory. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines — Domestic helpers, one of the “lowest valued economic activities in the country,” contribute more to the economy than mining, an independent research think-tank has said. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – Here’s something for the stakeholders in the mining industry to chew on: The collective contribution of Filipino household helps to the country’s economy may have far exceeded that of the entire mining industry in 2011, according to local research group Ibon Foundation Inc. Read the rest of this entry »