Saudi to accept Philippine maid applications from Monday

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AFP - Saudi Arabia will begin accepting applications for domestic workers from the Philippines on Monday after the two governments resolved a row over minimum pay that had prompted a ban, state media said.

"The Saudi labour ministry announced it will begin accepting applications for domestic workers from the Philippines starting tomorrow," the official Saudi Press Agency reported on Sunday.

The move came after the ministry "reached an agreement with the Philippines on a final version for contracts between the two sides that ensures their rights," the news agency said. Philippine officials said on Thursday that Saudi Arabia had agreed to a minimum wage of $400 a month for Filipina maids, a year after a row over the issue halted the entry of such workers.

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Saudi Arabia is a major employer of Filipinos, with 1.2 million working in the kingdom as manual labourers, technicians, saleswomen and maids.

http://www.france24.com/en/20120930-saudi-accept-philippine-maid-applications-monday

[msongs]

1. do these wage slaves have to cover themselves from head to toe while working? nt

[FarCenter]

2. It probably depends on the task they have been assigned. nt