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                    [ArticleID] => 2081456
                    [Title] => Philippines to resume sending domestic workers to UAE after striking new labor deal
                    [Summary] => The Philippines will resume sending domestic helpers to the United Arab Emirates this month after it struck a new labor deal with the Gulf state, according to the Department of Labor and Employment.
                    [DatePublished] => 2021-03-02 17:06:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1806909
                    [AuthorName] => Xave Gregorio
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20150421/OFW-3.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 1380120
                    [Title] => Hong Kong foreign workers get minimum wage increase
                    [Summary] => 

The Hong Kong Labor Department announced that domestic workers in the region will receive a HK$100 (P575.25) minimum wage increase and an additional HK$44 (P253.11) food allowance for employees since October 1.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-14 14:37:42 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1645031 [AuthorName] => Patricia Lourdes Viray [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20141014/hong-kong-domestic-worker-wage-increase.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 856208 [Title] => Phl, S. Arabia sign new bilateral accord to protect maids [Summary] =>

A new bilateral agreement was signed between the Philippines and Saudi Arabia to protect the rights and welfare of thousands of Filipino domestic helpers in that Middle East kingdom.

[DatePublished] => 2012-10-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 851260 [Title] => HK gov't raises salary of domestic helpers [Summary] =>

The government has increased the monthly salary of foreign domestic helpers (FDHs), mostly Filipinos.

[DatePublished] => 2012-09-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1212384 [AuthorName] => Carina Roncesvalles [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 562250 [Title] => Probability, not certainty [Summary] =>

This is another case regarding compensability of permanent and total disability due to illness that is not listed as occupational disease but has been considered work related. This is the case of Lino.

[DatePublished] => 2010-03-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133340 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804883 [AuthorName] => Jose C. Sison [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 420337 [Title] => Work related [Summary] =>

Under the 2000 POEA Standard Employment Contract, disability is compensable only if it is the result of a “work related injury or illness”.

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