Rappler Talk: Protecting yourself online as a freelancer

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Rappler Talk: Protecting yourself online as a freelancer
Evan Tan of Freelancer.com believes that freelancers are often victims of non-payment because of how they are viewed in the Philippines

Are you a freelancer in the Philippines? Has an employer ever not paid you for services that you rendered in good faith? This problem is apparently becoming more commonplace, as the freelancing industry grows to new heights in the new country.

Evan Tan, the regional director for Southeast Asia of Freelancer.com, believes that freelancers are often victims of non-payment because of how they are viewed in the Philippines. According to Tan, there is still a perception that Filipinos go the freelancing route because they are in-between jobs or were not bright enough to get full-time employment. They thus become targets for this kind of abuse.

Sadly enough, freelancers also have little recourse once employers refuse payment. They could take the employers to court, but for a freelancer, the cost of taking this action usually outweighs the benefits. So these Filipino freelancers end up doing free work.

Tan believes that the most basic way for freelancers to protect themselves is to use the escrow system common to most online freelancing platforms. On a broader level, Tan calls on freelancers to strive to professionalize their field, so they can protect one another from falling victim to this modus. – Rappler.com

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