Philippines: Domestic worker wins case against recruitment agency & employers following abuse in Saudi Arabia
Summary
Date Reported: 9 Oct 2020
Location: Saudi Arabia
Companies
First Step Manpower - EmployerAffected
Total individuals affected: 1
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 1 - Philippines , Domestic worker agencies , Gender not reported )Issues
Violence , Injuries , Intimidation , Dismissal , Wage TheftResponse
Response sought: No
Action taken: The Supreme Court found the worker had been constructively dismissed and ruled her employers and the recruitment agency who had placed her owed unpaid wages for the portion of her contract remaining, damages, attorney's fees and an interest on the total remuneration.
Source type: News outlet
"SC orders manpower agency to remunerate OFW abused in Saudi," 9 Oct 2020
A female Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW), who was sexually harassed and maltreated by her employers in Saudi Arabia and had to escape but got injured in the process in 2015, finally got her relief from the Supreme Court (SC) after both the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) and the Court of Appeals (CA) denied her pleas...
the SC directed the employers – First Step Manpower Int’l. Services, Inc. Mohammad/Elnor Tapnio – to pay [salary, compensation & legal fees]...
In 2014, [OFW Donna B.] Jacob signed a two-year contract with First Step Manpower to work as a household service worker in Riyadh, Saudi Araya with a salary of $400 a month.