Good news to Filipino household service workers who wants to work in Saudi Arabia. Less than a year after issuing a deployment ban, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is ready to issue work visas to Filipino household service workers again. Furthermore, Saudi also increased the minimum salary to USD400 or SR1,500.

This development is the result of a new memorandum of agreement that was recently signed by the governments of Saudi and the Philippines.

What are the benefits of Pinoy Household Workers in Saudi under the new agreement? 

This is an urgent opening for Hin’s Employment Centre in Hong Kong.  The proposed salary is HKD3, 740. Employers will conduct an interview on November 24-26, 2011

Qualifications

• Candidate must possess at least a High School Diploma
• At least 2 years of related work e4xperience
• Required skill(s): Cleaning the House, Cooking, Ironing, washing the clothes, & taking care the child
• Must be physically fit
• With good commands of oral and written English
• Can easily understand instructions and work under minimum supervision.
• Full-Time positions available

For inquiries, please call Ms. Jane O949-9747671 / 559-5904 or email jane@lhphil.com/janelhphil@yahoo.co, jane_lhphil@yahoo.com.

Walk-in applicants are preferred.

Agency Name: Light And Hope Overseas Placement Agency

POEA License No.:    POEA-047-LB-030408-R

Address: 105 Ground Floor, Pearl Of The Orient Tower, 1240 Roxas Boulevard  Manila, Metro Manila

Tel. No.: 63-2-559-5904

The Ministry of Labor of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) said that they would not issue work visa to domestic helpers from the Philippines starting July 2. The Arab country is also banning recruiting domestic helpers from Indonesia

The spokesperson of Saudi’s Ministry of Labor, Hattab Bin Saleh Al-Anzi, said in the news article that was published in Arab News, “The Ministry of Labor will stop issuing work visas for domestic workers for the Philippines and Indonesia from Saturday (July 2).”

Reports indicate that the decision was made when other countries expressed interest to send domestic helpers to work for Saudi families. Likewise, recruitment agencies in Saudi Arabia also want to deploy domestic workers, from countries other than Indonesia and the Philippines.

This is said to be a result of the strict conditions that was imposed by the Philippine government regarding the hiring of Filipino domestic helpers. The Philippines wants to increase the minimum wage of domestic helpers from USD200 to USD400. They also want to oblige Saudi employers to divulge family information and describe the residence where the domestic worker will work.

Good news for Filipinos working as domestic helpers in Switzerland. The government of Switzerland announced that they have set a new minimum wage for domestic helpers. The move was made after numerous reports of widespread salary abuse.

Listed below is the new minimum wage for domestic helpers set by the Swiss federal government;
• Sfr 18.50 (about P815) for workers without experience;
• Sfr 20 (about P881) for those with five years of experience but without professional training; and
• Sfr 22 (about P969) for workers with Swiss-approved professional training.

The implementation of this new law would start next year. The ordinance will be effective from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2013. According to the POEA before the new rule, there is no recommended minimum wage set for domestic helpers in the said European country.

Read full article about the set minimum wage for domestic helpers in Switzerland.