MANILA – The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) is about to open a Japan Desk to make sure the quick processing of abroad Filipino employees (OFWs) as Japanese employers have expressed their intention of hiring extra expert Filipino employees.
In an announcement issued Thursday, DMW Secretary Susan ‘Toots’ Ople bared that greater than 80 Japanese employers have thus far made a suggestion to rent extra Filipino expert employees.
Ople, who’s at present in Japan as a part of the official delegation of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., stated that Japanese employers favor Filipino employees of their firms due to their wonderful work ethics and pleasant disposition.
“The general sentiment among Japanese employers was that Filipino workers brightened up their workplaces and were highly reliable and trainable,” she stated.
The Japanese employers attended a session assembly with organized by the Migrant Workers Office in Osaka headed by Labor Attache Elizabeth Estrada.
This was adopted by a dialogue with employees employed in Japan below the Technical Internship Training Program (TITP) and Special Skilled Worker (SSW).
The TITP goals to simply accept employees from numerous nations to amass industrial and vocational abilities in Japan to contribute to the development of their occupational lives once they return to their dwelling nations.
The SSW, meantime, permits the Japanese authorities to recruit certified international employees so as to fill employment quotas in 14 industrial fields.
Ople, who attended the Osaka conferences, was assured by Filipino employees in Japan, that they’re being handled nicely, and would like to proceed working in Japan if they are going to be allowed by the Japanese authorities and their employers.
“Mababait po ang aming employers. Minsan, sila pa nagdadala ng pagkain para sa amin (Our employers are kind. There are even times when they would bring food for us),” an worker of SuperCourt informed Ople.
Due to the constructive suggestions and the Japanese employers’ clamor for extra Filipino expert employees, Ople stated a Japan desk shall be established within the Office of the Secretary to assist fast-track the wants of each Japanese employers and Filipino trainees.
“We want to build stronger relations with Japanese employers and the Japanese government so that the Philippines can be the number one source of skilled workers in Japan,” Ople stated.
Workers in Japan obtain a month-to-month wage starting from 130,000 yen, which is equal to about PHP54,548 for entry degree TITP trainees, and as much as 900,000 yen (PHP377,640) for specialised positions for extremely expert professionals.
However, she famous that one of many main challenges confronted by Filipino employees is hurdling the language proficiency take a look at whereas already working in Japan.
Ople stated the Preparatory Japanese-Language Training (PJLT) program below the prevailing Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) is addressing this want.
The PJLT is a language studying intervention mechanism that requires candidates to bear a 6-month intensive coaching on Japanese language fundamentals.
This Japanese language proficiency program permits a employee to qualify below the Specified Skilled Worker (SSW) program the place he should both move the mandatory Japanese language exams and the talents examination equivalent to his chosen business, or have sensible expertise within the business within the type of earlier technical intern coaching expertise, with a minimal of three years of technical intern coaching.
“We will look into these bottlenecks and obstacles and try to untangle them one by one. Japan has proven to be a reliable partner in overseas employment,” Ople stated. (PNA)