THE PHILIPPINE Overseas Employment Administration on Thursday reminded overseas Filipino workers to honor their employment contacts and strictly obey laws in their host countries.
POEA Administrator Bernard Olalia said it is important for
Filipinos who are employed overseas to fulfil the obligations, terms, and
conditions contained in their employment contracts after receiving reports from
the Philippine Overseas Labor Office in Milan, Italy on the increasing number
of Filipino workers in Romania who ran away from their employers.
Reports said the practice is becoming more prevalent among
household workers who would leave their employers and transfer to another
without the proper settlement of issues with their previous employer and the
foreign recruiter.
Under Romanian laws, termination of employment by the employee
need not have a valid reason but shall be in the form of formal resignation by
the worker. The employee is required to notify the employer of the intention to
resign not more than 20 working days for employees in non-management positions
or 45 days for managers.
In case of dismissal, the employer must give at least 20 working
days' notice of termination. The employee is entitled to receive his salary and
all other statutory rights during this period. The POEA did not provide figures
regarding the number of domestic helpers who left their employers. (Ferdinand
Patinio)
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