02 October 2012 RIYADH -- Saudi Arabia began accepting applications for domestic workers from the Philippines Monday after the Kingdom lifted a ban on recruitment. "The Saudi Labor Ministry announced ...

TIGHTER regulations may soon make hiring foreign maids from Indonesia and the Philippines a more costly affair.

Besides paying for Covid-19 related costs, employers of Indonesian maids will now have to fork out an additional $3,000. Here’s how much (and how difficult) hiring a maid can cost today. One in ...

Norms for hiring Filipino maids may be relaxed soon A woman executive at a manpower recruitment office said the embassy may ease the conditions in the next 10 days.

KUWAIT CITY, Aug 11: The demand for Filipino domestic workers in Kuwait is on the rise and this has led to the significant increase in costs, reports Al-Rai daily. Sources told the daily the cost of ...

On July 2, the Saudi Arabian government declared a hiring ban on domestic employees from Indonesia and the Philippines. One million Indonesians work in Saudi Arabia, almost all of whom are maids ...