OFW Deployment To HK Stopped

[Ronzkie23]

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OFW Deployment To HK Stopped

Manila Bulletin – 14 hours ago

MANILA, Philippines --- Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) seeking employment in Hong Kong can kiss their dreams goodbye.
The recruitment and deployment of OFWs in Hong Kong were halted by recruitment agencies due to the high placement fees being charged on them by their foreign counterparts in the host country.
The Society of Hong Kong Accredited Recruiters of the Philippines, Inc. (SHARP) said it stopped sending OFWs there, specifically the Filipino household service workers.
"It is with utmost sadness, but with a very realistic outlook, that we, at SHARP, have to declare a moratorium on the recruitment and deployment of HSWs to Hong Kong until such time that our counterparts and their employers have satisfactorily addressed the issue," said SHARP President Alfredo Palmiery.
He said the recruitment costs being imposed on Filipino workers "jeopardize the interest and welfare of OFWs" apart from it has adverse effects on their businesses.
"We are legitimate business owners, but first and foremost, we are able to sustain our businesses because we look after the welfare and well-being of our OFWs," Palmiery said.
SHARP is the largest organization of Philippine licensed overseas employment providers recruiting and deploying 63 percent of OFWs employed in the former British colony.
Its members held a General Assembly last month and came up with a decision to issue a moratorium on OFW deployment.
Philippine-based recruitment agencies complain on the placement fee being charged from OFWs, which is equivalent to their monthly salary of US$ 505 in Hong Kong.
They want the implementation of zero placement fee policy before they resume OFW recruitment and deployment in the host country.
"Financially, the costs of abandoning and losing a major labor market are huge. A moratorium may also have socio-economic effects and could affect friendly *****eral relations between Hong Kong and the Philippines," Palmiery said.
"However, our primordial consideration here is the interest and welfare of our HSWs who are groaning under the heavy weight of high recruitment costs at the Hong Kong end of the recruitment cycle," he added.

Source: OFW Deployment To HK Stopped - Yahoo! News Philippines

[Bentleys]

An indirect way to cut that hefty
salaries championed by the their labor unions there,
A wise move indeed.
Let's see who will back down in the end, I do assume that they
really need our OFW's to support them.

[kit_cebu]

OT: ^hoy Bentlys, si Tirong-say ka noh?