The agreement with "Manila" saved the costs of recruitment agents ... and reduced prices within two weeks

“Human Resources”: Two years guarantee for Filipino domestic workers

"Human Resources" is coordinating with "Tadbeer" to determine the appropriate packages for the recruitment of Filipino workers.

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A source in the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation stated that the agreement reached by the ministry's delegation to the Philippine capital, Manila, regarding the return of the recruitment of Filipino workers through official channels, touched on reducing the fees for the recruitment of this labor, by providing the expenses that the recruitment brokers used to receive, confirming that the ministry During the next two weeks, appropriate packages and new "reduced" prices will be announced to employ this worker, in coordination with Tadbeer centers, with a two-year guarantee.

In detail, the Ministry affirmed its keenness to bring in assistive workers through official channels between the two countries, in order to meet the needs of national and resident families with the best benefits and quality standards, explaining that the meetings it recently held with the Philippine side come within the framework of the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation strategy to develop cooperation with the most sending countries. For assistive workers, with the aim of providing this employment for employers and national and resident families in the country, especially in light of the increasing demand for them.

According to the ministry, the official delegation that visited Manila last week, headed by the Undersecretary for Human Resources, Saif Al-Suwaidi, held two-day meetings and consultations with the Philippine Labor Minister, Silvestre Bello, and a number of concerned Filipino officials, and reached an agreement with the Philippine side on the return of recruitment Filipino assistive workers through official channels, starting next April, after a hiatus of more than six years since 2014, considering that the new agreement constitutes an important stage of bilateral cooperation between the two friendly countries in the field of domestic workers.

She explained that the halt of direct recruitment of Filipino workers through official channels has significantly negatively affected the assistive labor market, especially in light of the continued recruitment of some employers in indirect ways, whether through brokers or unlicensed offices, which led to an increase in the cost of recruitment, as well as The presence of untrained or qualified workers in the state labor market.

An official source at the ministry told «Emirates Today» that the meetings reviewed a package of precautionary measures applied by the state to provide protection for workers, including the assistive workers category, from infection with the emerging corona virus, and to provide medical care for those infected with this virus, and the agreement also dealt with controlling and organizing the process of recruitment of workers, including It preserves the rights of all parties to work, in addition to contributing to reducing the total cost of operating this category of workers in the country, stressing that the meetings also reviewed the efforts to reduce recruitment fees.

The source pointed out that the new agreement will have three main benefits for those wishing to bring in Filipino assistive workers, citizens and residents, the first of which is that these workers who will enter the country will be trained and professionally qualified, subject to full medical and legal examinations, and have been rehabilitated and familiarized with the customs and nature of work in the Emirati society. And the second is that the agreement contributes to reducing the cost of recruiting and operating this labor, in a way that reduces the burden on families and guarantees their rights, especially after the abolition of fees that were collected by the middlemen who used to bring this labor.

He continued: “The third benefit is that the recruitment will take place through a unified system, which are management centers, with the provision of a two-year guarantee for contractors to employ this employment,” indicating that an evaluation study is currently being conducted for the cost of recruiting and operating Filipino workers, in accordance with the new agreement, in coordination. With "Tadbeer" centers, provided that the details of prices and appropriate packages are announced to citizens within the next two weeks, as a maximum.

Warranty is mandatory

The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation stated that the executive regulations for the decision to establish “measure” centers, which number 54 at the state level, oblige the centers to provide a guarantee for assistive workers, in a way that guarantees to the clients a full refund of the costs of recruitment, or the replacement of the worker with another in the event the worker breaks the contract. Or leaving work without a legitimate reason, or lack of fitness, or inability to carry out the tasks of his work as required, during the first six months (the trial period), and to recover part of the sums of recruitment costs in the event the worker terminates the contract, or leaves work without a legitimate reason , During the post-trial period and up to the expiration date of the two-year contract.

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meetings of the Ministry's delegation to the Philippines dealt with organizing the recruitment of workers in a manner that preserves the rights of all work parties.

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