ALMOST 50,000 or 4 percent of about 1.4 million Filipinos working as domestic helpers or 'kasambahay' are minors, according to the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE).

It is among the gaps and gross violations pinpointed by the survey conducted by DoLE and the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in the implementation of Republic Act (RA) 10361, otherwise known as the Domestic Workers Act or the Kasambahay Law.