22 December 2015, Cebu Daily News Cebu City Acting Mayor Edgardo Labella told the City Treasurer’s Office to strictly evaluate applications for business permits of labor recruitment agencies following reports reaching the City Council of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) being abused by their employers abroad or shortchanged by their agencies. READ THE FULL ARTICLE
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11 May 2015, Rappler MANILA, Philippines – The use of mega-recruiters or large-scale recruitment entities in Gulf states is “a system worth trying for domestic workers” to counter the ill effects of a visa sponsorship set-up that has oppresed many migrant workers, Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) chief Hans Leo Cacdac said. Under the Kafala
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16 April 2015, Rappler Lito Soriano, an advocate of ethical recruitment, says an OFW is able to secure jobs abroad 2 months faster through illegal channels. MANILA, Philippines – While underground migration is a complex problem caused by many social factors, one way to quell it is by streamlining the legal process that Filipino workers
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13 April 2015, The Philippine Star More Filipinos are seeking employment overseas due to age discrimination in the country, according to a migrant workers’ rights advocate. Susan Ople, head of the Ople Policy Center, said many companies are reluctant to hire “older” job applicants. “The reason they keep on leaving is because of age discrimination,”
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31 March 2015, The National UAE ABU DHABI. Filipino workers being sent to non-existent jobs in Dubai have highlighted the desire of recruiters to increase profits through deception and circumventing the law, experts say. Thirty Filipinas who came to work in Dubai had fled their employers’ homes and sought refuge at a makeshift shelter inside
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13 January 2015, GMA News Online Noting Pope Francis’ strong anti-human trafficking stance, leaders of civil society organizations and representatives from the recruitment industry will hold a dialogue on the eve of his five-day visit to the Philippines. In a statement Tuesday, Susan Ople, head of the Blas F. Ople Policy Center and Training Institute,
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