These Filipinos paid thousands for a job in Poland. Now they feel cheated
摘要
日期: 2024年1月26日
地點: 波蘭
其他
Not Reported ( 職業介紹所 ) - Recruiter受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 菲律賓 , 製造業:綜合 , Women , Unknown migration status )議題
招聘費用 , 訊息獲取 , Contract Substitution回應
Response sought: 否
資訊來源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2024年1月26日
地點: 波蘭
企業
Meta (formerly Facebook) - Other Value Chain Entity其他
Not Reported ( 職業介紹所 ) - Recruiter受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 菲律賓 - 未知行业 , Women , Unknown migration status )議題
招聘費用 , 心理健康 , 恐嚇和威脅 , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy回應
已邀請回應:是,由Resource Centre
載有回應的故事: (查看更多)
後續行動: Victoria filed complaints with Filipino authorities against the Polish agency. To date, no one has been punished and she has not received a refund or compensation. To repay her debts and support her son, Victoria has since taken a job as a domestic worker in a Gulf country. Meta replied to the Resource Centre's request for comment.
資訊來源: News outlet
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Al Jazeera interviewed 10 Filipino workers and saw written statements from 20 others who claim they were promised jobs in Poland that never materialised, after falling prey to a network of agencies and individual agents working together across multiple countries.
Despite having paid thousands of dollars in fees, they fear they won’t ever reach the European country...
Filipino workers in three different locations – Qatar, the Philippines and Hong Kong – told Al Jazeera they were led to believe they would find higher salaries in Poland, although they were rarely informed would also face significantly higher taxes...
According to migrant workers and labour experts, unscrupulous agents are taking advantage of the country’s growing allure.
Most workers said they were asked to make payments in three instalments.
The total amounts varied from about $3,500 to $5,000, well above the legal maximum amount in the Philippines. Poland prohibits employment agencies from charging placement fees outright.
Workers also reported hidden charges, a lack of regular updates, and sometimes even verbal intimidation from agents...
Over more than six months, Al Jazeera monitored several social media accounts recruiting for jobs in Poland, finding that Facebook and TikTok accounts with thousands of followers would be shut down only to reemerge soon after under a different name...
CIS Group Manpower and its owner Imran Mehmood have been on the Philippines Department of Migrant Workers’ temporary watchlist for employers since May 2022...