Employers in Hong Kong who frequently terminate contracts of their Filipino domestic workers will be banned, Philippine labor attaché Jalilo dela Torre said.

In a report by Hong Kong News, dela Torre said employers who terminate and change foreign domestic workers several times a year will be included in POLO’s blacklist, referring to a pool of employers who will be barred from hiring Filipina domestic workers.

“Pag within a period of one year, for example, ganyan uma-appear ng uma-appear yung pangalan ng employer na yan, iwatch list na rin namin,” dela Torre said.
“Ibig sabihin, pumipili at madalas magterminate. Nasa radar na rin namin yan,” he added.

At the moment, there are over fifty employers who are in POLO’s blacklist, dela Torre said.

“Hindi sila makahire. Kaya minsan, ang nangyayari pangalan ng asawa or kapatid ang sinusubmit. Sinabihan na namin na i-blacklist pati yung address. Kasi ganun nga yung ginagawa. Same address pero ibang pangalan,” he said.

“Na-pluplug naman natin yung loopholes,” he added.

Dela Torre likewise urged Filipino domestic helpers who are deprived of their food allowance or who don’t receive enough food to report such incidents to POLO.

“Before they go to (the Labour Department), pwede dito muna para matawagan yung agency. Yung agency, tatawagan yung employer. Kasi pag nag-Labour, baka iterminate,” he said.

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