Two Woman OFWs in Kuwait Terminated for Complaining Against Unfair Labor Practices |
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Thursday, 31 January 2008 18:49 | |||
The two, Josephine Tuburan and Gemma Limsam, stood their ground on Jan. 30, 2008, not to agree to the reasons given by the company why they were terminated because of its spurious reasons. A day earlier they were prevented to go out of their dormitory by the company to attend a conciliation meeting scheduled in the afternoon. Only the perseverance of the workers and the intervention of Migrante-Kuwait were they allowed to attend the said meeting. Nine other Filipino caregivers have resigned in disgust from the company. They were promised free airfare back home, their remaining salary for the month, a chance to come back to work in Kuwait with other employers and waiving of a penalty of KD250 (US$915) for breach of contract. The company also promised to provide the remaining workers a copy of their pay slips. There are 53 Filipinos and more than a hundred South Asian caregivers in Al Essa. However, the KD130 (US$476) deducted from them for their airfare to Kuwait (which the company told POLO was for training fees) was never given back to them. In addition to this, they still lacked payment for two hours of overtime pay (they were only paid for 10 instead of 12 hours) and for working on their days off and holidays. The caregivers have a basic pay of KD70 (US$256.00) and a meal allowance of KD10 (US$37.00) every month. This only totals US$293 a month which is far short of the US$400 which the Philippine government brags should be the minimum pay of household-service workers.
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