President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the insurance premiums to be made voluntary rather than mandatory. Photo: AP
Overseas Filipino workers won’t have to pay health insurance premiums for now: Duterte
- Workers are petitioning for the payments, which comprise 3 per cent of their monthly salary, to be scrapped entirely amid the Covid-19 outbreak
- A Filipino domestic worker in Hong Kong earning the minimum wage would have to pay more than HK$1,660 annually
President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the insurance premiums to be made voluntary rather than mandatory. Photo: AP
