Baldoz warns agencies, employers withholding OFW passports
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) today warned anew recruitment agencies and foreign employers confiscating passports and other travel documents of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) as it continues to strengthen protection and welfare assistance to OFWs in line with President Aquino’s labor and employment agenda.
Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda D. Baldoz issued the warning following reports about Middle East employers allegedly confiscating and holding on to the passports of OFWs who are working for them.
At the same time, Baldoz directed the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) to further strengthen assistance to OFWs with grievances against their foreign employers and agencies.
One of the items in the agenda is the setting up of a “one stop shop” not only for processing applications for overseas work but also redress of OFW grievances.
Baldoz also ordered labor officials at the…

















