Saudi agrees to minimum wage for Filipino maids
Saudi Arabia has agreed to a $400 monthly minimum wage for Filipino maids, a year after a row over the issue halted the entry of such workers, Philippines officials said Thursday.
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Filipino expats in the Gulf invest in glitzy real estate back home
Developers in the Philippines are cashing in as much as a third of remittances sent home by their compatriots living in the Arabian Gulf, a newspaper reported on Monday.
Read moreFilipino expatriates slam draft law that links regular remittance to passport renewal
Dubai: Filipino expatriates in the UAE slammed a draft law filed in Manila that would compel them to regularly send money to their family back home or risk not getting their passports renewed.
A draft law filed in the Philippine Congress aims to make remittances mandatory and regular for all Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) with legal dependants in the Philippines. Called House Bill 3576, the draft law, if approved, will authorise heads of Philippine missions to not renew passports of “erring OFWs” unless they show proof that they regularly send money home.
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