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This was according to Department of Migrant Workers’ Secretary Susan Ople, who told GMA News that she had spoken with her counterpart on the phone Thursday night.
The focus of their conversation was the case of 38-year-old Jonalyn Galan, who fell to her death on May 15 while cleaning windows at her employer’s flat in Cheung Sha Wan.
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Ople said she had discussed with Sun the need to remind employers about the prohibition against dangerous window cleaning by foreign domestic workers as provided for in their standard employment contract.
The ban which became part of all FDW contracts starting in January 2017 prohibits the cleaning of windows unless they have grilles, and only the arm of the worker extends outside.
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Both officials promised to extend all possible help to the Filipina worker’s relatives.
Ople also promised that the governments of the Philippines and Hong Kong will work closely to prevent similar incidents from happening again.
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“We will extend full assistance and support to her bereaved family while working closely with Secretary Chris Sun and his department to ensure that the principle of ‘safety above all else’ is carried out as part of employers’ obligations,” Ople was quoted as saying.
The report said Galan’s two siblings are now in Hong Kong attending to the repatriation of the worker’s remains with help from the Philippine Consulate and the Migrant Workers’ Office.
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They will also meet with the deceased’s employer and the Hong Kong Employees’ Compensation Division to discuss a possible payout.
Under the updated rules of the Employee Compensation Ordinance, no less than $486,300 should be paid to the next-of-kin of a worker who died in the line of duty on or after Apr 13 this year.
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