House and DMW craft new guidelines to protect overseas seasonal workers

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The House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs and the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) are now crafting new guidelines to ensure the protection and welfare of seasonal Filipino workers abroad after a resolution to look into critical issues surrounding the deployment of Filipino workers to South Korea’s Seasonal Worker Program...

The House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs and the Department of Migrant Workers are now crafting new guidelines to ensure the protection and welfare of seasonal Filipino workers abroad after a resolution to look into critical issues surrounding the deployment of Filipino workers to South Korea’s Seasonal Worker Program by local government units was filed.

Instances of purported illegal recruitment, labor exploitation, medical negligence, physical abuse, and, tragically, six deaths underscored the pressing need for immediate intervention, he said. In response to these distressing revelations, the DMW, under Officer-in-Charge Secretary Hans Cacdac, committed to formulating new guidelines to ensure the protection and welfare of seasonal Filipino workers abroad.

 

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