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DOLE: Cyprus Hikes Pay of Domestic Helpers
More than 1,200 Filipino household workers in Cyprus stand to benefit from an increase in their minimum wages, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Thursday.
The DOLE cited a report from Josephine Tobia, Cyprus Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) Officer-in-Charge, that the minimum wage for household service workers (HSW) was hiked by €27 (US$36 or P1,666).
“Because of the minimum wage increase, it is expected that the subsequent employment contracts of HSWs bound for Cyprus will reflect the net income of not less than €311 or US$445 (P19,192) at the prevailing exchange rate of €0.70 per 1 US dollar, after deductions have been made for the workers’ medical and board and lodging expenses,” Tobia’s report said.
Excerpts of the report were posted Thursday evening on the DOLE website.
Tobia said the pay hike will be retroactively effective January 1 this year.
With the pay raise, the DOLE said the gross minimum salary of an HSW will go up from €429 (P26,474) to €456 (P28,140) a month.
Tobia added that the raise includes a five-percent increase in the gross amount and the cost of living allowance, covering both existing and new contracts for household workers.
Cyprus is a member of the European Union, but it has no minimum wage laws.
It relies on employer groups and trade unions to set minimum earnings through collective bargaining instead, the DOLE said.
The DOLE said there were some 2,756 documented OFWs in Cyprus from January to November last year, about half (1,296) of whom were HSWs.
Source: GMA News
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baba na sahod dito 2-3 pa bahay na lilinisan ko.dapat di yan pwde di naman cla sumusunod sa kontrata eh. pati consulate di mahingian ng tulog kahit nbi form lang wla pa cla laging close ofice nila
I am an OFW here in Cyprus working as a housemaid for 6 years . I am receiving a salary of 400 euros for 2 years now.I received my last increase in my fourth year, since it was stated on the contract that I will receive an increase every year, if i`m not mistaken 5% of my salay.My extention visa (for my 5th and 6th year) didn`t say anything about a certain increase. Few months ago we heard a news here that there will be a salary increase.Our response,“ let`s wait and see“, a few of us had the increase, most of us didn`t. The thing here is that even their government announced or made a certain law like salary increase to foreign workers, it is still up to the employer to give it or not. It seems like it is not mandatory at all.