Saudi Arabia permits Filipino house helps

Saudi labour authorities have said that recruitment of Filipino domestic workers to the kingdom has resumed after a monthslong halt.

The Saudi Ministry of Human Resources’ Musaned domestic labour programme said applying for recruitment of house labour from the Philippines is now available electronically, provided regulations are met, Saudi news portal al-Marsd reported.

The recruitment of Filipino domestic workers was suspended late last year. The Philippine embassy was quoted at the time as saying the suspension was due to new regulations of the Philippine Ministry of Labour governing the contractual relationship between household workers and their foreign employers.