Fees cut number of Pinoy domestic help in Taiwan
12/14/2009 from GMA News Indonesian and Vietnamese domestic helpers in Taiwan have given their Filipino counterparts a run for their money.
Fees charged by brokers of Filipino domestic helpers have gone up, reducing Taiwanese employers’ interest in hiring them, the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) said.
Brokers charge NT60,000 every year for three years from Taiwanese employers seeking to employ Filipino domestic workers. This is lower than the NT160,000 charged for domestic helpers of other nationalities.
As a result, Taiwan-based Filipino domestic helpers have been cut by a third to the current 20,000 from a peak of 60,000 during the last five years, said Carlo Aquino, MECO director of assistance to nationals said. Continue reading here http://www.gmanews.tv/story/179358/fees-cut-number-of-pinoy-domestic-help-in-taiwan
Fees charged by brokers of Filipino domestic helpers have gone up, reducing Taiwanese employers’ interest in hiring them, the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) said.
Brokers charge NT60,000 every year for three years from Taiwanese employers seeking to employ Filipino domestic workers. This is lower than the NT160,000 charged for domestic helpers of other nationalities.
As a result, Taiwan-based Filipino domestic helpers have been cut by a third to the current 20,000 from a peak of 60,000 during the last five years, said Carlo Aquino, MECO director of assistance to nationals said. Continue reading here http://www.gmanews.tv/story/179358/fees-cut-number-of-pinoy-domestic-help-in-taiwan
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Carlo Aquino, who heads the assistance to nationals program of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO), said from a high of 60,000 household service workers and caretakers, the number had dropped to 22,509 as of October this year.
MECO said with the implementation of the direct hiring program – which entails no brokers or placement fee for household service care and caretakers two years ago - the Philippines lost some 15,000 jobs to Indonesians and Vietnamese.
Aquino said a lot of employers still use "brokers" in hiring nannies and maids.
Brokers earn more if they get workers from Indonesia and Vietnam at P160,000 per worker against P60,000 from the Philippines.
Via Malaya: Filipinos are no longer the housemaids of choice of Taiwanese.
Carlo Aquino, who heads the assistance to nationals program of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO), said from a high of 60,000 household service workers and caretakers, the number had dropped to 22,509 as of October this year.
MECO said with the implementation of the direct hiring program – which entails no brokers or placement fee for household service care and caretakers two years ago - the Philippines lost some 15,000 jobs to Indonesians and Vietnamese.
Aquino said a lot of employers still use "brokers" in hiring nannies and maids.
Brokers earn more if they get workers from Indonesia and Vietnam at P160,000 per worker against P60,000 from the Philippines.
Continue reading here http://www.malaya.com.ph/12152009/busi4.html
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