Senator Risa Hontiveros has called on government agencies to go after misleading job offers for overseas Filipino workers in Taiwan. | GabrielLaluINQ
“Ayon mismo sa ating mga kababayan, hindi nagtutugma ang mga detalye ng dalawa nilang pinipirmahan para makapagtrabaho sa Taiwan. Misleading ang mga nakasaad. Yung job description, day off, rest day, oras ng trabaho, at maging ang sweldo, hindi pareho,” the senator said.
“Gigising sila ng alas-kwatro ng umaga para umakyat sa bundok kung nasaan ang farm ng ngángá. Pagdating doon buong araw ang trabaho, lampas sa nakatakda sa kontrata nila. May isa tayong OFW, mag-isa lang syang manggagawa sa farm ng employer niya. Siya ang gumagawa ng lahat,” Hontiveros said.“Mayroon ding mga kaso na hindi pinagda-day off ng employer, bawal din daw mag-rest day. Marami din ang hindi sumusweldo ng tama. Napakahirap ng pinagdaanan nila,” she added.
Taiwan is one of the top destinations for OFWs due to the many job opportunities in the said country, and its proximity to the Philippines — being a less than two-hour flight from Manila. According to datasets released by the Philippine Statistics Authority last December 2022, 3.4 percent of all 1.83 million OFWs are deployed in Taiwan as of 2021.
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