{"id":277453,"date":"2020-12-03T01:54:42","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T06:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=277453"},"modified":"2020-12-03T01:54:42","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T06:54:42","slug":"50k-teenaged-pinoys-employed-as-domestic-workers-dole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/12\/03\/50k-teenaged-pinoys-employed-as-domestic-workers-dole\/","title":{"rendered":"50K teenaged Pinoys employed as domestic workers: DOLE"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_255984\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-255984\" style=\"width: 772px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20935030_1265303486931505_2575327725411006182_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-255984\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20935030_1265303486931505_2575327725411006182_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"772\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20935030_1265303486931505_2575327725411006182_o.jpg 772w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20935030_1265303486931505_2575327725411006182_o-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20935030_1265303486931505_2575327725411006182_o-768x955.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 772px) 100vw, 772px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-255984\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Close to 50,000 Filipinos aged 18 and below are working as domestic workers (kasambahay) based on a survey of the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC).(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/laborandemployment\/photos\/a.927182317410292\/1265303486931505\/?type=1&amp;theater\">File Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/laborandemployment\/\">Department of Labor and Employment &#8211; DOLE\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Close to 50,000 Filipinos aged 18 and below are working as domestic workers (kasambahay) based on a survey of the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe noticed that there are some, we call, child domestic workers. Some 50,000 are aged 18 and below. (Of the number), 44,000 are 15-18 years old and less than 5,000 are 15 years old,\u201d NWPC deputy executive director Pat Hornilla said in a virtual forum Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The survey was done in October 2019 and the result was only released by the NWPC last month.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Bureau of Workers with Special Concerns (BWSC) reminded the public particularly employers that hiring of minors aged 14 and below is punishable by law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been declared unlawful and is deemed as one of the worst forms of child labor,\u201d BWSC director Karen Trayvilla said.<\/p>\n<p>She added that aside from an administrative fine of PHP40,000, employers can also be held liable for violation of Republic Act 9231 which penalizes child labor.<\/p>\n<p>Trayvilla added that Filipino domestic workers aged 15-17 years old are only allowed to work for eight hours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe kasambahay aged 15 to 17 years old, they are only allowed to work for eight hours, in no case they will be allowed to work from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., otherwise this is considered child labor,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The NWPC and BWSC are attached agencies of the DOLE.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 Close to 50,000 Filipinos aged 18 and below are working as domestic workers (kasambahay) based on a survey of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":255984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-277453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-ferdinand-patinio","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277453"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":277460,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277453\/revisions\/277460"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}