The short-lived pilot program to bring Filipino domestic caregivers into Korean households in the capital left workers earning just half the national average and performing tasks that went beyond their contracted duties, according to a new study. “The policy was built around securing inexpensive labor rather than recognizing care as skilled work,” said Lee Mi-ae, a professor at Jeju National University’s Research Institute for the Tamla Culture and author of the study. She said caregivers were treated as replaceable labor rather than rights-bearing workers, despite being recruited through a government program. READ: Cheap child care? Korea’s Filipina caregiver program found […]... Keep on reading: Filipina caregivers earn half the Korean average – study