Philippine Overseas Employment Administration

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) is an agency of the Government of the Philippines responsible for opening the benefits of the overseas employment program of the Philippines. It is the main government agency assigned to monitor and supervise overseas recruitment and manning agencies in the Philippines. The POEA's office is located at EDSA corner Ortigas Avenue, Mandaluyong City, Philippines.[2]

Philippine Overseas Employment Administration
Kawanihan para sa Empleyong Panglabas
Agency overview
FormedMay 1, 1982 (1982-05-01)
HeadquartersEDSA corner Ortigas Avenue
Mandaluyong City, Philippines
Annual budget₱510.05 million (2020)[1]
Parent agencyDepartment of Labor and Employment
Websitewww.poea.gov.ph

History

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration was established in 1982 through Executive Order No. 797. The goal of the agency's establishment was to promote and monitor the overseas employment of Filipino workers.[3] The POEA was reorganized in 1987 through Executive Order No. 247 in order to respond to changing markets and economic conditions, and to strengthen components that would protect Filipino workers and the regulatory components of the overseas employment program.[2][4]

The Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995 instituted State policies of overseas employment and established standards for protection and promotion of welfare for migrant workers and their families, and for overseas Filipinos in distress. The act specifies, "Migrant worker refers to a person who is to be engaged, is engaged or has been engaged in a remunerated activity in a state of which he or she is not a legal resident; to be used interchangeably with overseas Filipino worker.". Regarding deployment of migrant workers, the act mandates, "The State shall deploy overseas Filipino workers only in countries where the rights of Filipino migrant workers are protected. ...".[5]

In 2010, Republic Act No. 10022 amended some of these provisions, including those quoted above. Among other changes, the paragraph defining the term Migrant worker was amended to read, "'Overseas Filipino worker' refers to a person who is to be engaged, is engaged or has been engaged in a remunerated activity in a state of which he or she is not a citizen or on board a vessel navigating the foreign seas other than a government ship used for military or non-commercial purposes or on an installation located offshore or on the high seas; to be used interchangeably with migrant worker.", and the introductory text regarding deployment was amended to read, "The State shall allow the deployment of overseas Filipino workers only in countries where the rights of Filipino migrant workers are protected. ...".[6]

Core Functions
  • Industry Regulation

1. Issues license to engage in overseas recruitment and manning to private recruitment agencies and ship manning companies

2. Hears and arbitrates complaints and cases filed against recruitment and manning agencies, foreign principals and employers, and overseas workers for reported violation of POEA rules and regulations, except for money claims

3. Implements a system of incentives and penalty for private sector participants

4. Sets minimum labor standards

5. Monitors overseas job advertisements on print, broadcast and television

6. Supervises the government’s program on anti-illegal recruitment

7. Imposes disciplinary actions on erring employers and workers and seafarers


  • Employment Facilitation

1. Accredits/ registers foreign principals and employers hiring Filipino workers

2. Approves manpower requests of foreign principals and employers

3. Evaluates and processes employment contracts

4. Assists departing workers at the ports of exit

5. Develops and monitors markets and conducts market research

6. Conducts marketing missions

7. Enters into memorandum of understanding on the hiring of Filipino workers with labor–receiving countries

8. Facilitates the deployment of workers hired through government-to-government arrangement

9. Provides a system of worker’s registry


  • Worker’s Protection

1. Intensifies public education and information campaign

2. Conducts pre-employment orientation and anti-illegal recruitment seminars nationwide

3. Conducts Pre-Deployment Orientation Seminars (PDOS) to workers hired through the government-to-government arrangement and name hires

4. Provides technical assistance in the drafting of bilateral and multilateral agreements

5. Provides legal assistance to victims of illegal recruitment

6. OFW global mapping and profiling

7. Implements gender-sensitive programs

8. Networks with non-government organizations, workers’ organizations, etc.

9. Provides repatriation assistance

10. Provides a system of worker’s registry


  • General Administration and Support Services

1. Human Resources Development

2. Property and Supplies Management

3. Financial Management

4. Information and Communication Technology

5. Plans and Policy Development

6. Quality Management System


Deployment restrictions

On November 1, 2011, the POEA Governing Board (GB) published GB Resolution No.7, which specifies a list of 41 countries where OFWs cannot be deployed for non-compliance with the guarantees required under R.A. 10022. As of November 2011 the POEA lists 125 countries as being compliant with the guarantees required under R.A. 10022.[7]

The process of obtaining a POEA exit clearances has been described in the Philippine press as a "nightmare".[8] In a Philippine Daily Inquirer piece dated July 14, 2011, Rigoberto Tiglao, Philippine ambassador to Greece and Cyprus, questioned the POEA exit clearances, opining that they may be unconstitutional.[9]

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See also

References
  1. Aika Rey (January 8, 2020). "Where will the money go?". Rappler. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  2. The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration, OFW Guide
  3. Executive Order No. 797, May 1, 1982, Chan Robles Law Library.
  4. Executive Order No. 247, July 24, 1987, Chan Robles Law Library.
  5. Republic Act No. 8042, June 7, 1995, Chan Robles Law Library.
  6. Republic Act No. 10022, March 8, 2010, Chan Robles Law Library.
  7. Samuel Medenilla, OFW ban: No deployment to 41 countries, November 1, 2011, Manila Bulletin.
  8. Stella Ruth O. Gonzales (July 7, 2011). "Exit clearance: An OFW's nightmare". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  9. Rigoberto Tiglao (July 14, 2011). "OFW 'exit permits': unconstitutional?". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
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