Should We Worry of the Implementation of Nitaqat?

Should We Worry of the Implementation of Nitaqat?

Filipinos and others nationalities starting to worry about the implementation of Nitaqat here is Saudi Arabia.  According to our Department of Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda D. Baldoz that the Nitaqat system have minimal impact to Overseas Foreign Workers (OFW). I believe that the statement is to subside the panic of the OFW.
Here the report from Migrante Middle East

By RODOLFO ESTIMO JR. | ARAB NEWS

Published: Jul 1, 2011 22:52 Updated: Jul 1, 2011 22:52 

RIYADH: Migrante-Middle East has decried the announcement of the Department of Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda D. Baldoz that Saudi Arabia's new Nitaqat system would have a minimal impact on prospective Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and those already working in Saudi Arabia.

“We beg to disagree with the assessment of Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz. We have been receiving reports of job termination while private companies have put on hold the hiring of expatriate workers, including Filipinos, here in Saudi Arabia,” John Leonard Monterona, Migrante-Middle East regional coordinator, told Arab News.

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