Warning on caregiving jobs in Canada
- 2007 POEA Advisory
OFWs working in countries such as Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai and Israel
but are planning to transfer work as caregivers in Canada should be wary
of employment offers in the country.
OFWs must first verify their employment contract in their respective
worksites to be sue that they really have legal employers in Canada before
leaving to work there.
The POLO in Canada has reported cases of two Filipino woman caregivers who
had left Dubai and Hong Kong for Canada but arrived there to find
themselves without employers. One of the two Filipino women were presently
facing deportation, while the other was reportedly abused by her employer
but could not file a complaint against him for fear of being promptly
deported by Canadian immigration authorities after finding out that her
current employer was different from the one specified in her work permit.
