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Country remains top source of workers

SEOUL

South Korea has increased its import allocation of
Filipino workers, which will bring 2,000 more OFWs
into the country.

The present allocation is 10,000, which has been
in place since last year.

The increase comes after South Korean employers
expressed satisfaction with the quality of Filipino
workers in the country, Philippine Overseas
Employment Administration chief Rosalinda Baldoz
said.

The new allocation is a 20 per cent increase on the
import quota under South Korea’s Employment
Permit System. The scheme covers workers from
14 countries.

The new allocation makes the Philippines the
biggest source of foreign labor for South Korea.
Baldoz said Thailand and Vietnam have 11,000
each, Indonesia and Mongolia 9,000 each, and Sri
Lanka 8,000.

Other countries have been given quotas ranging
from 1,000 to 5,000 workers.

Meanwhile, a memorandum of understanding has
been signed between labor officials of the
Philippines and the United Arab Emirates to protect
the rights of OFWs.

The agreement prohibits “contract substitution” that
encourages ill-treatment of workers.

Consul general Maria Teresa Taguiang, said: “The
MOU prescribes employers in the emirates to draw
up individual labor contracts, for Filipino workers
sign them, and the authorities to verify the
agreements and put them in the government’s
database.”

The process would eliminate contract substitution,
which happens when employers force Filipino
workers to sign contracts in which the terms have
been unilaterally changed.

The new allocation
makes the
Philippines the
biggest source of
foreign labor for
South Korea.
Thailand and
Vietnam have
11,000 each,
Indonesia and
Mongolia 9,000
each, and Sri Lanka
8,000

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