Tuesday, 16 January 2007
Saudis Stop Recruiting Filipina Maids After Manila Imposes New Conditions
RIYADH
SAUDI sponsors have stopped the recruitment of Filipina housemaids after new conditions imposed by the Philippines government came into force this January, reported Arabic language newspapers Okaz and Al-Hayat Monday. The conditions include raising the salaries of domestic workers by 120 percent from SR700 to SR1,500, seeking attested contracts that must include a photograph of the sponsor, his wife and family members, a sketch of the house, the sponsor’s income and salary. Besides these, the sponsor must visit the Philippine embassy personally for an interview.
The National Committee for Recruitment, an affiliate of the Council of Saudi Chambers of Commerce and Industry, called upon the private recruitment offices not to accept applications for domestic workers from the Philippines.
Saad Al-Baddah, Chairman of the National Committee for Recruitment, said the call for stopping the recruitment of domestic workers from the Philippines has come as a precautionary measure until the matter is sorted out.
He sought negotiations with the authorities concerned to reach a formula for recruitment that protects the rights of both the parties.
He, however, said the National Committee for Recruitment has not yet received official letters on the new measures and conditions.
An owner of a recruitment office in Manila told Al-Hayat that the recruitment offices in Saudi Arabia stopped sending recruitment requests for Filipina housemaids since Dec. 15.
The National Committee for Recruitment, an affiliate of the Council of Saudi Chambers of Commerce and Industry, called upon the private recruitment offices not to accept applications for domestic workers from the Philippines.
Saad Al-Baddah, Chairman of the National Committee for Recruitment, said the call for stopping the recruitment of domestic workers from the Philippines has come as a precautionary measure until the matter is sorted out.
He sought negotiations with the authorities concerned to reach a formula for recruitment that protects the rights of both the parties.
He, however, said the National Committee for Recruitment has not yet received official letters on the new measures and conditions.
An owner of a recruitment office in Manila told Al-Hayat that the recruitment offices in Saudi Arabia stopped sending recruitment requests for Filipina housemaids since Dec. 15.
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