Overseas Filipino Workers’ Employment Compliance, Difficulties, and Job Satisfaction in the Middle East
Keywords:
OFW, Middle East, Employment Compliance, Difficulties, Job SatisfactionAbstract
This study aimed to determine the extent of OFWs’ employment compliance, level of difficulties, and level of job satisfaction in the Middle East during the last quarter of the Calendar Year 2022. A quantitative research design was applied. It was conducted in a District of GCC in the Middle East. The 100 respondents from the two Occupational Classifications (Professionals and Non-professionals) of the four (4) private Organizational Groups of OFWs’ answered the Survey Questionnaire paper-based. Content areas cover staff qualification, government requirements, contract requirements, life experience abroad, accommodation, transportation, safety, working hours and working conditions, compensation, benefits, job security and tenure, recognition, reward, promotions, and professional development opportunities. The data collection was gathered with permission from the group leaders. Statistical tools were processed through SPSS. Frequency count was used for profiling, Mann-Whitney U Test was used for Comparative analysis, and Spearman rho Test was used for nonparametric correlational analysis. The extent of the OFWs' Employment Compliance in relation to the level of Difficulties was significant. The extent of employment compliance in relation to the level of Job Satisfaction was significant. And the level of the Difficulties in relation to Job Satisfaction was significant. Dependent and Independent variables rely on each other as part of a whole package for OFWs' working in the Middle East.
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