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Philippines: Overseas deployment of Filipino domestic workers continues to rise

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by IDWFED published Apr 07, 2012 12:00 AM
Contributors: Philip C. Tubeza/Philippine Daily Inquirer
The deployment of domestic workers abroad “continues to soar” despite the government requirement that they should be paid a basic salary of $400 a month, a recruitment industry expert said Saturday.

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The deployment of domestic workers abroad “continues to soar” despite the government requirement that they should be paid a basic salary of $400 a month, a recruitment industry expert said Saturday.

Emmanuel Geslani said official figures from the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) showed that the number of domestic workers deployed in 2010 increased by 11 percent to 154,535 and comprised 45 percent of the total number of the 341,966 new hires deployed in 2010. He added that 138,222 domestic workers were deployed in 2009, an increase of 12 percent from 123,332 in 2008.

Read the entire report by Philip C. Tubeza on Philippine Daily Inquirer.

Source: Philip C. Tubeza/Philippine Daily Inquirer

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