3. From a handful …
it became a hundred…
later a thousand…
over the years, a million
then grew further in number
NOW… there are almost 10.23 million Overseas Filipinos
More than 4.86m are permanent migrants (47.5%)
More than 4.2 m are temporary migrants (41.05 %)
More than 1.16 m are irregular migrants (11.33%)
Source: CFO 2013 Stock Estimates of Overseas Filipinos
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4. The number of deployed Overseas Filipino Workers
(OFWs) steadily grows through the years…
More than 1.814 million OFWs left the country in
2014
Landbased - more than 1.4M
New Hires – more than 485K
Rehires - more than 920K
Seabased - more than 395K
Source: POEA Deployment Statistics
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6. What goes with burgeoning number of OFWs is the multi-
faceted challenges
- protection and welfare of the workers
- harnessing the gains of migration and cushioning its
social costs
- need for an effective migration
management system
- factoring migration into national
development
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7. Presidential Decree 442 in 1974 (The
Labor Code of the Philippines)
- regulated the participation of the private
sector in the recruitment and placement of
workers locally and abroad.
- created Overseas Employment Development
Board (OEDB) and the National Seaman Board
(NSB) that complemented the employment
efforts of the Bureau of Employment Services
(BES)
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8. Executive Order 797 in 1982
- The creation of the Philippine Overseas
Employment Administration (POEA)
where the functions of the OEDB and
NSB and the OE functions of BES were
consolidated.
Executive Order 247 in 1987
- reorganized the POEA to strengthen workers’
protection and tighten regulation of the
private sector’s participation in the OE
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9. Republic Act 8042 in 1995
(Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act)
- Deregulation of recruitment activities
- Stricter rules on illegal recruitment
- Selective deployment
- Repatriation of workers
- Reintegration Program
- Shared Government Information System on
Migration
- Education Program for Prospective OFWs
- One-country Team Approach
- Restructured System for Adjudication of Cases
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10. POEA Rules and Regulations of OE in 2002
- “difficult to enter, easy to operate and
and easy to go” policy
- safety nets for the protection of
workers
Republic Act 9422 in in 2007
- reinforced the regulatory functions of POEA
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11. Republic Act 10022 in 2010
(Amending RA 8042)
- restriction of deployment of workers only to
countries compliant with the guarantees of
protection as certified by the DFA
- mandatory insurance coverage for agency
hired workers
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12. THE PRESIDENT’S SOCIAL CONTRACT WITH
THE FILIPINO PEOPLE IN 2010
- Creating jobs at home so that working abroad
will be a choice rather than a necessity
- When the citizens choose to become OFWs,
their welfare and protection will still be the
the government’s priority
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13. THE 22- POINT LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
AGENDA in 2010
- Review of the continued deployment of
workers to countries, which are high and
medium risk areas, as well as the
continued deployment of workers in high-
risk occupations
- Creation of “one-stop shop” for processing
applications for overseas work and seeking
redress for grievances
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14. THE 22- POINT LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
AGENDA in 2010
- Investment in the formal and regular skills
training and upgrading of our service
workers and utilize returning OFWs to
conduct training so they may transfer skills
learned abroad
- Assistance to OFWs in achieving financial
stability through training, investment
and savings programs
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15. THE 22- POINT LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
AGENDA in 2010
- Facilitation of the re-integration of
returning OFWs by favorable terms of
investment, tax incentives, access to govt.
financial institutions and other benefits
that are offered to foreign investors
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17. Government Agency in-charge of Managing Labor
Migration
Vision
Excellence in governance for world-class
Filipino migrant workers
Mission
POEA connects to the world, and in partnership
with all stakeholders, facilitates and preserves
decent jobs for Filipino migrant workers,
promotes their protection and advocates for
their smooth reintegration into Philippine
society.
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18. Quality Policy
We pursue excellence in governance to satisfy
our customers. We achieve this by:
Providing effective and efficient services
Operating within the requirements and
standards governing overseas
employment
Empowering our human resources
Assuring continual improvement using ISO
9001:2008
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20. Industry Regulation
• Issues license to private recruitment
agencies and ship manning companies to
engage in overseas recruitment
• Accredits/ registers foreign principals and
employers hiring Filipino workers
• Implements a system of incentives and
penalty for private sector participants
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24. Employment Facilitation
• Approves manpower requests of foreign
principals and employers
• Evaluates and processes employment
contracts of OFWs
• Assists departing OFWs at the ports of
exit
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25. Employment Facilitation
• Monitors labor markets through conducts
labor market research and maintenance of
labor market info system
• Facilitates the deployment of workers hired
through government-to-government
arrangement
• Provides a system of workers’ registrations
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26. Workers’ Protection
• Implements the government’s program on anti-
illegal recruitment and anti trafficking campaign
including provision of legal assistance to victims
of illegal recruitment
• Conducts pre-employment orientation seminars to
prospective OFWs nationwide
• 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
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27. Workers’ Protection
• Sets minimum deployment standards
• Pursues Bilateral / Regional Labor
Agreements with labor countries of
destination of OFWs
• Maintains a database of workers
documented by the POEA
• Prepares OFWs global mapping and
profiling
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28. Workers’ Protection
• Implements gender-sensitive programs
• Networks with non-government
organizations, workers’ organizations
which serve as a feedback mechanism of
its policies, programs and services
• Provides repatriation assistance through
licensed recruitment agencies
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30. Thank you!
May you become an instrument for
the generation and preservation of
decent jobs for Filipino Migrant
Workers and promote their welfare
and protection
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