Caregivers in Japan earn lower than in US, UK
By Veronica Uy INQUIRER.net Last updated 05:11pm (Mla time) 08/28/2007 MANILA, Philippines -- Caregivers in Japan earn an average monthly salary of $1,554, less than half than those in the United States who get $3,359, but almost twice higher in the Middle East countries who are being paid $959, a Senate study showed.
In the United Kingdom, caregivers receive about $2,059 per month, according to the Senate comparative study of caregivers’ salaries.
The survey comes as Senate hearings for the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) are set to start next week unless overtaken by budget hearings, Senate foreign relations committee chair Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago said Tuesday.
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