Filipino Domestic Helpers

Despite new locations such as China, Russia and Japan opening up better paying opportunities for Filipino domestic workers and housekeepers, Hong Kong remains as the best destination, a Filipino recruitment industry leader said. Alfredo…

Hong Kong's Immigration Department since 2013 has denied visa applications of 1,817 foreign domestic helpers who have been "job-hopping". According to Labour and Welfare Secretary Dr Law Chi-kwong, the Department has implemented a…

Life abroad can be hard. But overseas Filipino workers can experience additional misery when they meet 'fair-weather friends' who ruin their plans and even get them in trouble. Take Christine, a domestic worker in Hong Kong, for example.…

Employment agencies have been reminded that Filipino domestic workers in Hong Kong flying back to the Philippines should be granted at least 30 kilograms of luggage allowance. The Philippine Overseas Labor Office made the reminder after…

Despite heavier fines imposed on excessive collection of fees from domestic workers applying for jobs in Hong Kong, a study found out that more than half of the maids continue to pay fees higher than mandated by law. The Hong Kong…

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration has warned Filipino workers and visitors in Macau looking for jobs to exercise caution when accepting offers from fellow Filipinos for supposed jobs based in the mainland China. POEA said…

Taking the public transport will subject a passenger to different types of people. Although some may be considerate enough to share seats, behavior of others simply ruin your day, just like what a Filipina encountered in a bus in Hong Kong.…

A proposal to amend Hong Kong's employment law that allows raising the maximum penalty on recruitment agencies who overcharge foreign domestic workers has gained support by members of Hong Kong's Legislative Council on Friday. Current…

Even as the retirement age of 60 promises well-deserved rest and benefits offered by the government so they can go home, there are Filipinos abroad who prefer to remain as OFWs to continue to provide for their families. Prescilla…

Foreign domestic workers are prohibited from working in China, and Filipino maids employed illegally there will face arrest and deportation from Chinese authorities, a senior Philippine diplomat said. Despite a rising demand for…