A Philippines House of Representatives lawmaker has urged the Philippine government to push for “live-out” arrangements for Filipino domestic workers to prevent them being abused by employers.
Francisco Aguilar Jr., spokesperson of the ACTS OFW party-list at the House of Representatives, said that Filipino domestic workers abroad, particularly in the Middle East, are vulnerable to abuse when they live with their employers, GMA News reported.
“To counteract this vulnerability, we have to encourage live-out schemes for our domestic workers once they have completed their job shift,” Aguilar said.
Aguilar added that domestic workers would be better able to get adequate rest and sleep and have more privacy if they did not stay with their employers. As an example, he cited that Filipino housekeepers in Japan are allowed to leave their workplace after completing their eight-hour shift.
Aguilar said the call for the live-out scheme came after the death of Emerita Gannaban, a Filipino domestic worker, who died of poisoning in Saudi Arabia. According to Gannaban’s family, the domestic worker complained of being maltreated by her employer and was kept in a bathroom and was not fed.
Read: Filipino domestic worker dies of poisoning in Saudi Arabia
sana hindi lang salita,maipatupad sana nila,maraming maya,isa na ako doon
sana hindi lang salita,maipatupad sana nila,maraming maya,isa na ako doon
Sana matupad po, kc hanggat di cl aTulog di rin kmi matutul
Sana matupad po, kc hanggat di cl aTulog di rin kmi matutul
Hope so para naman makapag pahinga ng maayos need 8 hours on duty..
Hope so para naman makapag pahinga ng maayos need 8 hours on duty..
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Hopefully ma approve yan, pra matupad tlga ang nsa contract
Hopefully ma approve yan, pra matupad tlga ang nsa contract
Hope sooner the better ……
Hope sooner the better ……
Sana po matupad to .
Sana po matupad to .
.. this is a good thing kung mangyayari.
.. this is a good thing kung mangyayari.
Sana po maitupad kase po dito sa hongkong nauuso po yung ang katulong kasama sa kwarto ng mga bata wala pong privacy sa halip po na makapagpahinga ng maayos after work hindi tapos gigising ng maaga …sobra2 sa work po…
Sana po maitupad kase po dito sa hongkong nauuso po yung ang katulong kasama sa kwarto ng mga bata wala pong privacy sa halip po na makapagpahinga ng maayos after work hindi tapos gigising ng maaga …sobra2 sa work po…
Sana nga mapatupad yan para safe ang katulong sa mga abusadong amo
Sana nga mapatupad yan para safe ang katulong sa mga abusadong amo