The Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) has reminded domestic workers with valid National Certificate in Household Services (NCII) certificates from Hong Kong that they need not pay any retraining fees to agencies back home.
Holders of the five-year NCII can just exchange them for a new domestic worker NCII and be exempt from the training requirement, the sunwebhk.com reported, according to a memorandum posted on POLO’s Facebook page.
The reminder was put out after a number of complaints from domestic workers against employment agencies in the Philippines who had required them to pay for costly retraining, even if their NCII certificates were still valid.
Many domestic workers said they were required by their Philippine agencies to pay Php 18,000 to Php 30,000 (US$331 to US$552) to undergo training so they could return to Hong Kong.
They were sent to a training center but ended up watching a video with a group of workers, instead of getting practical training.
The Domestic Work NCII was put in place in 2015 by the Technical Education and Skills Development Administration which mandates re-training for former overseas Filipino workers who apply to work overseas again.
Except for the change in name, the DW NC II is the same as the HS NCII. Both confer a certificate to those with proven competency in house cleaning, washing and ironing clothes and the preparation of meals and drinks.
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Oo nga dinaman nasusunod ito. Pinatraining padin kahit morethan 6yrs na dito. Owwa lng ang exempted at tesda
Retraining for what?for them to earn more monkey again from us?mostly of the teaching in training not even applicable when ur already here in abroad coz u will follow what ur boss want you to do,her style and not the training style.like the table settings.useless
Kapag Wala kasing training Wala Rin silang Kita…wla n kasing placement fee…
Kaya ginagawa NG mga agency epa training ka ulit para hati sila sa Kita NG training center …
sad to say kasi na halos lahat idaan sa training dahil doon sila kumikita, mapa Dental grabe din dapat lang kasi na wala ng training lalo kung finish contract nman, umuwi then after gusto ulit bumalik isa pa yang pahirap sa mga OFW na gustong bumalik ulit
Money i mean not monkey.typo error
Kawawa palagi ang mga ofw????????????
Tama sobra sobra nman na kc mga training center na, kahit alam nila na puro na utang habang nglalakad ng mga papeles
Dapat pag ex abroad na wala ng training kahit ilang years na o xpired na ang ncII no need n mag training..
Yes totoo yan before k makarating ng hk need mo mag undergo ng training khit hinde nman xprie ang certificat
yes totoo ito. papasok s training center 25thousand pesos bnayad. resibo nasa typewriting lng bngay. (bawal yun alm kl gnun halaga nsa kpisong papel nakasulat n nagbayad ako ng 25k d yata regster s BIR) at d ako satisfy s turo s training sorry pero just saying the truth. nag sarling sikap ako mag tanong s katraining ko dhil. kulang ang turo. pasigaw pa minsan at galit
Good to hear this increase salary.