MANILA — The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) announced that 300 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who lost their jobs in Saudi Arabia would receive their unpaid wages.
DMW officer-in-charge Hans Leo Cacdac said that the bank would “clear” their checks in the next few weeks.
“This is just the start of what we see as a deliberate process of distribution of claimants’ checks and encashment resulting into the full payout of each of our displaced OFWs’ unpaid claims and other benefits,” Cacdac said.
Based on the statement of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., Cacdac said that the payment of the unpaid wages of 1,104 OFWs started in January.
“We will continue working with our Saudi counterparts to resolve these issues and we will continue assisting our OFWs and their families through this final stage in receiving their long overdue wages and benefits,” Cacdac said.
(el Amigo/MNM)
