1. Overseas Employment Program was
formally launched (1974)
A stop gap strategy or palliative to a recessionary
economy confronted with high unemployment rate,
tight balance of payment, and slow overall development
process
Overseas Employment was viewed as a
Socio-economic phenomenon (1990s)
• Legitimate option available to Filipinos
• Labor migration management paradigm
• Renewed accent on welfare protection
• RA 8042 amended by RA10022 (Migrant Workers
and Overseas Filipinos)
BACKGROUND

2. BACKGROUND
Global Presence of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs)
OFWs can be found in more than 197
countries & in more than 50,000 ocean
going vessels
• Deployment of OFWs has reached more than
the 1-M Mark during the past four years
from 2006 to 2014 .
• Total OFWs deployment for 2014 -1,769,204

3. Annual Deployment by Type of Hiring
(New Hires, Rehires and Seabased: 2010-1st Sem 2015)
Source: POEA
0
200,000
400,000
600,000
800,000
1,000,000
1,200,000
New Hires Rehires Seabased
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 (1st Sem)

4. New Hires by Top Ten Destination
January – Aug 2014
Source: POEA
Saudi Arabia, 123,382
United Arab Emirates,
43,120
Qatar, 15,565
Kuwait, 19,078
Hong Kong, 13,498
Taiwan, 32,531
Singapore, 9,266
Malaysia, 9,292
Bahrain,
5,627
Papua New Guinea, 0
Japan, 5,393
Others, 35,014

5. Rehires by Top Ten Destination
January to August 2014
Source: POEA
Saudi Arabia, 159,132
United Arab Emirates, 107,741
Singapore, 56,271
Hong Kong, 43,249
Qatar, 34,497
Kuwait, 23,253
Malaysia, 9,128
Italy, 10,529
Canada, 9,872
Bahrain, 7,534
Others, 98,623

6. Deployed OFWs by Major Occupational Group
New Hires, January – August 2014
Source: POEA
Professional, Technical and
Related Workers
11%
Administrative and
Manegerial Workers
0%
Clerical Workers
2%
Sales Wokres
2%
Service Workers
52%
Agricultural Workers
0%
Production Workers
32%
Others
1%
2014
Professional, Technical and Related Workers Administrative and Manegerial Workers Clerical Workers
Sales Wokres Service Workers Agricultural Workers
Production Workers Others

7. Deployed OFWs by Top Ten Occupational Categories
New Hires: January – Aug 2014
Source: POEA
Household Service Workers
65%Nurses Professional
7%
Waiters, Bartenders
and Related Workers
5%
Charworkers, Cleaners and Related
Workers
3%
Laborers/Helpers General
4%
Plumbers and Pipe Fitters
4%
Caregivers and Caretakers
3%
Welders and Flame-Cutters
4%
Cooks and Related
Workers
3%
Others
2%
2014