OFW New Direct Hiring Guidelines - WHAT IS YOUR OPINION?

[Reyvaric]

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Hi fellow Filipinos? I need your opinion regarding this new guidelines for Overseas Filipino Workers specifically the one i highlighted.
Because in my own opinion this is a not good indication regarding our future of would-be overseas workers and make our workers less-attractive to foreign employers. Thank you.

Here's the link:

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[Rance]

I agree on the highlighted provisions.. it has nothing againts you as OFW. Just that the POEA just would like to make sure all foriegn direct employers will be in their database and of course pay some dues.

[Reyvaric]

This is the most stupid policy implemented in our country for our OFWs.!

[nab_uang]

the new rule really sucks!!!!.... they should study and consult the parties involved... this really affects most of us... mosamot lang kadaghan ang walay trabaho sa pinas...


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Tougher rules for Filipino professionals working overseas
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MANILA - TOUGHER rules have been implemented for Filipinos offered work overseas in a move which could affect professionals working in Singapore.

Under the new regulations, Filipinos who have found jobs overseas by themselves - rather than through government-licensed recruitment agencies - have to get clearance from the authorities in the Philippines before they can go.

What is more, their overseas employers need to get permission to hire them from the labour attaches of the Philippine embassies in their countries.

Employers also need to post bonds totalling US$8,000 (S$11,500) to guarantee salary payments and to cover the cost of sending home the body of an employee in the event of his death.

Filipinos already working overseas are not affected by the new rules, which took effect on Jan15.

The regulations add a second layer of red tape to already bureaucratic procedures for those who want to work overseas.

Even before the new rules, all Filipinos heading overseas to work - either as direct hires or via licensed recruitment agencies - had to register with the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) before leaving.

This will not change.

Workers given the go-ahead to take up overseas posts will still have to register with the POEA - a process often involving long waits and red tape which rankles many of the highly-skilled Filipino professionals, such as academics, corporate executives and scientists, who find themselves a new post abroad.

Filipino nurses working in Singapore would likely be recruited through accredited agencies and not affected by the rules.

In the case of Filipino domestic workers in Singapore, many have, for a long time now, been able to circumvent the POEA registration procedures by arriving as tourists and finding employment through local recruitment agencies. The new rules are unlikely to change that situation.

Though the new rules prescribe no penalties, direct hires who do not have clearance now run the risk - as do all so-called 'undocumented' Filipinos heading overseas to work - of being caught by airport immigration officials and not allowed to leave the country until their paperwork is in order.

A check with Philippine embassy officials in Singapore and other agencies drew a blank on the new rules and how it affected Filipinos in Singapore.

[ofw_cebu]

and yet they call OFWs modern heroes . . . . the government should have a database of all OFWs in the world, sad thing is, you might be registered in the embassy of the country where you are working but that database remains there in that embassy and POEA, OWWA in the PHilippines have no immediate access should they need the information, so, inig uli nimo diri, inig process na pod ug mga OEC and other documents, you need to start from scratch by providing them every details necessary. One word I could describe, IMO, DISORGANIZED.

[Reyvaric]

I'm sick and tired of this Philippine Government!

[Reyvaric]

Naa ba'y employer nga mo-sweldo daan (3 MONTHS ADVANCE) sa dili pa niya empleyado or mo-trabaho pa niya? Nga wala pa siya sure sa skills? PASTILAN!!!!! GAGGOHHA GYUD SA NAG-PASA ANING BALAORA! SAMOT PA ANG GA-APPROVE.!!!!

[Rance]

Employers also need to post bonds totalling US$8,000 (S$11,500) to guarantee salary payments and to cover the cost of sending home the body of an employee in the event of his death.

Tuo sila mag paka matatay mo tanan mga OWF.. mga ignorante man ni taga DOLE, POEA and OWWA! mostly gi pamatay kadto mga workers from the middle east kay did mga brutal nga employeers.. sus mga professional workers fro SG and US madamay gyud sa mga kagagohan nila!

[Reyvaric]

This goes to show how incompetent are the people in our government nowadays. It will be harder, if not impossible for the people to work for abroad and alleviate our already worst economy because of the stupidity of our Manila government. Because of Manila The Philippines is a ffucck-upped country! Because of the stupidity of the Manila government the rest of the country will suffer!!!!!

[klavel]

hasol! another paperwork napud! the 'bond' thing would only discourage prospective employers of direct hiring filipinos.

Posted by: nab_uang

the new rule really sucks!!!!.... they should study and consult the parties involved... this really affects most of us... mosamot lang kadaghan ang walay trabaho sa pinas...

^^so true.. i wonder if foreign employers know about this new regulation.