We also want to remove the OEC, DMW officials say
The Department of Migrant Workers migrant workers who want to eliminate overseas employment certificate or OEC.
This is what the DMW officials who attended said this to the leaders of the Filipino community in Hong Kong on Sunday, April 16.
According to Undersecretary for Finance and Internal Affairs Anthonette Allones, Secretary Susan “Toots” Ople herself wants to the OECD, especially when it comes to the long line for this. before Christmas.
“It’s a nightmare (OEC), Allones said, because The Minister of Foreign Affairs had to send some of his in Hong Kong, to find a way to make it easier to OFWs (overseas Filipino workers).
But when they asked, they found out. The OECD has been shut down because of the fact that the OFWs are easily victims of illegal human trafficking and human trafficking, so that each The workers in the country have a visa.
When the leaders of A meeting on how to protect
Every single one of them is going to be out without the OECD. The officers told him that he had a passport and a contract that could be look before they leave.
“We’ve all said the same thing,” he said. The The current DMW seems to be the way to get rid of the document This is a requirement that a person can leave the country and be legally It’s a job he’s going to do.
According to USec Patricia Yvonne Caunan, the purpose of The DMW is trying to ease the burdens of the OFWs so they are looking for ways to assess the status of each departing worker without going through OEC.
It seems that the U.S. talk to the people who are here and get their opinions and suggestions on how to improve the service of the government.
He also said that the DMW is always open to OFWs to discuss the issues related to their work, and he even offered monthly conversations online with Filcom leaders here A better solution to any problem.
The two officers answered the questions laid by Dolores Balladares, chairman of the United Filipinos in Hong Kong, The EPA’s decision to remove the OECD is the most anticipated now.
It also includes the collection of compulsory fees for OFWs such as PhilHealth, Pag-IBIG, SSS and mandatory insurance, which is tightly attached to the OEC.
According to Allones and Caunan, it is still suspended the collection for PhilHealth and other fees because it understands Secretary Ople is the attitude of the OFWs on this.
But when Allones said that it was voluntary payment of membership to the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration has become The leaders are rejected.
This is not true because the office is not for Migrant Workers (formerly Polo) to verify the contracts of OFWs here without paying membership in OWWA first, so the outside is The collection is doubled for this.
Most of the questions and complaints are OWWA, from the promised aid for those who have contracted COVID-19 It has not been released yet, until it is The relief efforts of the people of Abra who were devastated by the storm in the past years.
Deputy Administrator Honey Quino promised to to learn how to make the promises infected with Covid-19.
It seems that this has slowed down the service. The storms in Abra were because they had problems connection at the time. It is worth noting that Usec Hans Cacdac himself visited Abra It was then to oversee the distribution of the aid.
Source: The SUN HK : We also want to remove the OEC, DMW officials say (sunwebhk.com)