After a Filipina maid committed suicide in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) suspended the recruitment operations of two UAE-based recruitment agencies.
POEA chief Hans Leo Cacdac said domestic worker Alona Mercado Bagayan committed suicide five days after arriving in Abu Dhabi.
The POEA suspended the recruitment operations of:
- Al-Masiya Overseas Placement Agency, Inc., and
- Al Madina Recruitment, its counterpart agency in United Arab Emirates.
Cacdac cited their apparent oversight in monitoring the actual condition of Bagayan, who was recruited by Al-Masiyah Overseas Placement.
The agencies were also suspended for failing to report to the POEA Bagayan's death.
Bagayan left the Philippines on January 30 this year and started working for her employer on February 1. She was found dead on February 5.
Cacdac said Bagayan's death could have been prevented if Al-Masiya complied with its duties and obligation based on POEA rules.
“Under POEA regulations, agencies are obliged to monitor the situation of OFWs, especially household service workers – as soon as they arrive in their workplace,”Cacdac said.
“Al Madina Recruitment was suspended from further employing Filipino workers for defaulting on its contractual obligation to the worker, and for gross negligence leading to the death of the Bagayan,” he noted.
“There is strong evidence indicating that the two agencies committed serious violations relative to the recruitment and placement of the victim," he added. - VVP, GMA News
Source: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/299488/pinoyabroad/news/after-death-of-pinay-in-uae-poea-suspends-two-recruitment-agencies
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