Labor migration policies of the Swiss government : implication to Philippines economy / by Larah Joyce B. Herrera.
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TextLanguage: English Publication details: Indang, Cavite : 2013. Cavite State University- Main Campus,Description: xii, 65 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type: - text
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- 331.6 H43 2013
- College of Economics, Management, and Development Studies (CEMDS)
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Thesis ( BS International Studies ) Cavite State University.
Includes bibliographical references.
College of Economics, Management, and Development Studies (CEMDS)
HERRERA, LARAH JOYCE B. Labor Migration Policies of the Swiss Government: Implications to the Philippine Economy. Undergraduate Thesis. Bachelor of Science in International Studies. Cavite State University, Indang, Cavite. March 2013. Adviser: Mr. Renato T. Agdalpen
The study was conducted to: (1) identify the labor the labor migration policies of Switzerland regarding the following: (a) visa application, (b) residence permit, (c) salary and employment conditions, (d) health and accident insurance; (2) enumerate the different agreements between the Philippines and Switzerland concerning labor migration; (3) describe the labor trend between the Philippines and Switzerland from year 2000-2010 based on the following indicators: (a) Filipino migrant workers employed in Switzerland, (b) Swiss migrant workers employed in the Philippines, and (c) Filipino migrant workers remittance from Switzerland.
This is a descriptive study wherein the labor migration policy of Switzerland for the third-states (those who are not an EU/EFTA members), the same with the labor trend
of the Philippines and Switzerland through applicable indicators and the implications to the Philippine economy were determined. Secondary data where gathered through researches from different government agencies, official websites, public libraries and university libraries.
The study discussed four agreements: two labor agreements and two social security agreements) that the Philippines and Switzerland signed from 2000 to 2010. These were (a) Agreement between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Swiss Federal Council on Exchange of Professionals and Technical Trainees, (b) Agreement on Social Security between the Republic of the Philippines and the Swiss
Confederation (c) Administrative Arrangement for the Implementation of the Agreement on Social Security between the Republic of the Philippines and the Swiss Confederation of September 17, 2001 and (d) Memorandum Circular no.4 - Guidelines on the Recruitment and Deployment of Filipino Au Pairs to Switzerland. Only a small number of Swiss nationals are working in the Philippines, however, even though the number of Filipino working in Switzerland is decreasing, the remittances of Filipinos working in Switzerland were increasing.
The economic implications of the labor migration policy of Switzerland is seen through the technical transfer between the respective countries, whereas it was reflected through the labor agreements that they had signed, while for the employment rate, the Filipino migrant workers employed in Switzerland, contributed a 0.971 percent of the total number of Filipinos employed in the Philippines. And lastly, for the remittance rate, Filipinos from Switzerland contributes a -99.59 percent on the total remittances sent by Filipino migrant workers deployed land-based throughout the whole world.
Submitted copy to the University Library. 07/31/2013 T-5149