South Korea is in need of thousands of Filipino workers in the manufacturing industry as it has increased its 2015 labor quota for the Philippines, according to the Department of Labor and employment.
“This 2015 quota shows sustained demand for OFWs in the last three years in the Korean manufacturing sector,” said DOLE Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz.
The Ministry of Employment and Labor of South Korea has set this year’s ceiling of 4,600 for the Philippines in terms of new workers who will be allowed to work in the country’s manufacturing sector under the Employment Permit System.
She said that there is no ceiling for newcomer-workers for all industries in South Korea other than manufacturing.
Baldoz said South Korea’s overall foreign workers quota in the manufacturing sector this 2015 is set at 42,400 for foreign workers.
The Philippines captured the 13.98 percent of the quota for new entrants allocated by the MOEL in the manufacturing sector.
“If we go by the total number, there was an increase in demand for OFWs. Last year, the quota for the Philippines was at 12.71 percent. In 2013, out of the 42,600 quota, we were given a total of 4,400 slots, or at 9.86 percent of the workforce allowed in the manufacturing industry,” she said.