Recruitment of Filipino domestic workers to resume next week, iiQ8

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Kuwait City, 13th March, 2021:

Recruitment of Filipino domestic workers to resume next week, iiQ8

Employers with previous history of not paying salaries will be barred

Kuwait City: As of March 15, recruitment of domestic workers from the Philippines will resume according to Bassam Al Shammari, a representative of the labour recruitment offices.

Al Shammari stated that the Philippine Union discussed the matter with the recruitment offices in Kuwait and have finalized the new regulations regarding contracts.
He pointed out that any employer that has a history of employment issues or non-commitment to pay salaries will be barred from recruitment.

The decision comes after the Philippines enforced a ban on sending new domestic workers to Kuwait back in January 3, 2020, after a Filipino domestic worker was sexually abused and killed by her employer.

Al Shammari explained that the Philippine Union emphasized that the contract should include end-of-service payment which is based off of a month’s salary. The payment will be given prior to their departure, which should include a return flight ticket.

Domestic workers in Kuwait

On January 17, another ban was lifted on recruiting new domestic workers after almost a year since enforced by the Kuwaiti government.

Removing the ban allowed for a small increase in new recruitmentssince out of the 680,262 domestic workers in Kuwait, 21 per cent are Pilipino making the Philippines the second largest country to send domestic workers after India, according to a report by the Central Statistical Bureau.

Bangladesh, the third largest country to send domestic workers to Kuwait, makes up 11.5 per cent of the total number of domestic workers but currently only sends male domestic workers.

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