Doctors, Nurses Go Without Pay for Seven Months - Workers/Saudi Arabia/Philippines
25/2/08
Three Indian doctors and nine nurses working at Dr. Siddiqa Hospital in Bani Malik have lodged a complaint at the Indian Consulate that the hospital has not paid their salaries for seven months, a consulate official told Arab News. The official, who requested anonymity, said Consul General Dr. Ausaf Sayeed was following the case with keen interest. “We hope that a settlement could be reached by the end of this week,” he added.However, the official warned that if the hospital authorities further delayed the payment of the 12 Indian workers the consulate would advise the workers to approach the Labor Court to obtain their rights, including release to work for other institutions.
See: http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=107158&d=25&m=2&y=2008
Manila Warns OFWs Against Leaving Without Work Visas
Gloria Esguerra Melencio; 25/2/08
The Department of Labor and Employment warned would-be OFWs yesterday not to leave the country for work abroad without work visas. Labor Secretary Arturo Brion issued the warning after receiving a report from the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Amman, Jordan, that more and more distressed Filipino workers are seeking refuge at the Philippine Embassy. Some 180 out of 236 workers currently housed at the embassy’s Bahay Kalinga shelter for the distressed are undocumented workers who do not have work visas and other pertinent documents necessary for their repatriation, said the POLO report. Most of these undocumented workers are household service workers (HSWs), it added.
See: http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=107142&d=25&m=2&y=2008