OVERSEAS Filipino workers in South Korea will be allowed to extend their stay in the host country for one more year due to the pandemic.
“The period of stay and employment of overseas Filipino workers in Korea, who are under the Employment Permit System (EPS) and whose contract term expires within the period 13 April 2021 to 31 December 2021, will be extended to one year,” Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said in a statement.
“The issuance provides that the stay and employment period of foreign workers (E-9 and H-2) under the EPS and whose employment period (3 years or 4 years and 10 months) expires from 13 April 2021 to 31 December 2021, is extended for one year,” he added.
In her report to Bello, Labor Attaché to Korea Maya Valderrama said the decision of Korea’s Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL) was brought about by the pandemic.
