In January 2023, the Government of the Philippines announced ongoing negotiations for the unpaid salaries of over 10,000 Filipino construction workers in Saudi Arabia. The workers had been employed by construction companies including Saudi Oger and Saudi BinLadin, which had since gone into liquidation in 2015 and 2016.

In March 2023, the Department of Migrant Workers updated that workers would receive financial aid of P10,000 - USD180 - each. DMW alsosaid that over 100 claimants had died while waiting to receive their unpaid wages.

In May 2023, the Department of Migrant Workers updated that 14,000 former overseas Filipino workers may be declared eligible for back wages once the host government validates their qualifications.

In August 2023, Migrante Philippines critiqued the Department of Migrant Workers for giving the OFWs false hope of getting their salary back before the end of the year. Migrante called for greater transparency from the government. The workers are still waiting for their back wages. Later, in October 2023, Philstar reports the President of the Philippines said the payment was in 'process' and that the Filipino Government were waiting for the 'details to be sorted out between the Saudi side'. In November 2023 it was reported workers had started to receive unpaid wages, however, Philippines banks refused to accept cheques in Saudi riyal.

In March 2024, Philippine News Agency reported that Department of Migrant Workers has advised the families of OFWs who have since died to submit documents to confirm their familial ties in order to receive the unpaid wages.