OFWs seek lifting of Kuwait ban

CITING economic reasons, hun workers (OFWs) affected by the total - to exempt them from the - diately so as not to lose their jobs.

at the Department of Labor and - nila, the affected workers, which - turning old timers who signed contracts with different employers, said that they were not household - tic helpers ( DH) but company workers, and were amply protected by Kuwait labor laws.

to limit the ban to HSWS or DHs, the most abused workers not only in Kuwait but in other Middle East countries as well.

N0.54A, which sets the guidelines on the implementation of total types of workers being deployed employment in Kuwait, without distinction as to skill, profession, or type of work. Exempted are - ing in the Philippines and will be returning to the same employer to are returning to Kuwait on a new contract with the same employer.

Also exempted are seafarers who will be transiting through or boarding in Kuwait to join their principals.

Some of the workers claimed that they were already knee-deep - ready sold their properties, adding would replace them with workers from other countries.

These skilled workers are oil and gas engineers, IT professionals, nurses, medical and laboratory technicians, store mangers, sales personnel, communication technicians, maintenance personnel electricians, plumbers, and plane tickers from their employers.

- fast and instead appealed for understanding, saying that it is his responsibility to ensure the safety and interest of Filipino workers, regardless of whether they are HSWs or skilled workers.

“We are appealing for your understanding. We need to ensure - ers through the signing of a memo- randum of understanding (MOU) Filipino workers,” he added.

- ingness to sign it by next month after the Philippines and Kuwait panels discussed the merits of the proposed labor policy, which will passports and mobile phones of Filipino workers.

- dered the deployment ban more than two weeks ago following the Demafelis, a Filipina domestic helper, inside a freezer in an unoccupied apartment unit in Kuwait.

Prior to that, the DOLE also ordered the probe on the cause of - hold workers who died in Kuwait.