MANILA, Aug. 29 -- The Philippine government, together with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, has vowed to strengthen protection of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), particularly the around 40,000 Filipino household workers employed in the Arab state.

The Department of Migrant Workers on Thursday evening reported that Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac, in a ministerial meeting with Jordan's Minister of Labor Khalid Mahmoud Al-Bakkar, pushed forward reforms under the Enhanced Reform Program for Filipino Domestic Workers, which outlines critical measures.

This includes raising the minimum wage from USD400 to at least USD500, the implementation of a mandatory "know your employer" protocol before deployment, the establishment of a di...