The government has to push for a “live-out” arrangement between overseas Filipino workers and their foreign employers to prevent possible commission of abuse and exploitation .
“Many of our domestic workers overseas, especially in the Middle East, are prone to maltreatment because they live with their employers,”ACTS-OFW spokesperson Francisco Aguilar Jr. said.
“To counteract this vulnerability, we have to encourage live-out schemes for our domestic workers once they have completed their job shift,” he added.
To allow OFWs to stay out of their employers’ home would enable them to enjoy adequate rest and sleep, and greater privacy, he noted.
Japan allows Filipino “professional housekeepers” to leave their workplace after their eight-hour work, Aguilar said.
The party-list raised concern over a Filipino domestic helper, Emerita Gannaban, 44, who died at the Prince Mahammed Bin Abdulaziz Hospital in Riyadh due to an illness, saying she earlier complained of maltreatment from her employer.