Tag: Qatar’s new equivalency system

Palace: OFW engineers, architects will not be easily displaced by Qatar’s new job policy

QUEZON CITY, Feb. 3 — Overseas Filipino engineers and architects will not be easily displaced by Qatar’s new equivalency system as the demand for Filipino workers in Qatar continues to rise, a Palace official recently said. Citing Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz, Presidential Communications Secretary Sonny Coloma said that Qatar’s job orders of Filipino workers “increased from 85,000 in 2014 to 104,000 in 2015.” Qatar’s new policy requires a 12-year basic education equivalent to a […]