Household Service Workers
Filipino Domestic Helpers
No More Mandatory Pre-Employment Medical Check-up of Filipino Domestic Workers in HK
The plan to require a pre-employment check-up of all Filipino domestic helpers in Hong Kong will not push through.
The decision was made after Philippine labor attache Jalilo dela Torre met with stakeholders who mostly opposed the idea.…
Hong Kong Still Best to Work As Domestic Worker, Says Recruitment Consultant
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…
HK Immigration Reject Visa Applications of Over 1,800 “Job Hopping” Domestic Helpers
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…
Filipina Helper Loses Job, Fined For Stealing From Employer
A Filipina domestic worker who worked in Hong Kong for just three months now faces immediate deportation, fined and losing her job in the process -- all because she stole cash from her employer, a report by The SUN said.
Joyce Atonen,…
HK Domestic Worker Cleans High-rise Building Window
Despite warnings from labor exporting governments and Hong Kong government’s ban on cleaning of outside windows on high-rise buildings, there are still those who risk their lives and limbs to fulfill their household duties.
A photo…
Cancer-stricken Filipina Driven Out in the Middle of the Night By Employer Dies
A Filipino domestic worker who was reportedly driven out by her employer last year while still undergoing cancer treatment has died in her hometown.
Joan, a 41-year-old single mother, succumbed to cervical cancer on August 25 in Guimba,…
Newly-wed Filipina Domestic Helper from Antique Dies in Apparent Suicide in HK
A Filipina domestic worker who reportedly hanged herself inside her employer's apartment in northern Hong Kong on August 1 has been taken off life support system after being declared clinically dead, sources from the Philippine Consulate in…
Beware of ‘Friends’ Who Value You Because of Money
As if life abroad is not hard enough, overseas Filipino workers can experience additional misery when they meet 'fair weather friends' who ruin their future plans and even get them in trouble.
Take Christine, a domestic worker in Hong…
Filipina Bleeds to Death Over Suspected Abortion Try in Dubai
An investigation by Dubai Police is underway about a Filipina domestic worker who bled to her death on July 29, a report from Gulf News said.
Angel Pauya Trasadas, 33, died after bleeding profusely while working in one of the flats in…
POLO: 30-Kg Luggage Allowance For HK Domestic Workers Should Be Enforced
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…
