The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) issued Labor Advisory No. 13 last August 23. Outlined in this advisory are the rules regarding the Payment of Wages for the Regular Holidays and Special Non-Working days. This Labor Advisory No. 13 is pursuant to the Proclamation No. 50 issued by President Duterte last August 16, 2016. […]
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OFW One-Stop Shop Available Now
This is a great development for our Overseas Filipino Workers. The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) launched an OFW one-stop shop which effectively makes it easier for our modern day heroes to avail the services of the government from SSS to Pag-IBIG to Philhealth, etc. You can find the OFW One-Stop Service Center (OSSCO) […]
No More OEC Requirement for Returning OFWs under the Balik Mangagawa Program
POEA scraps the OEC or Overseas Employment Certificate requirement for qualified visiting and returning OFWs who are already part of the Balik Manggagawa database.** This new directive is covered in the POEA Governing Board Resolution No 12 Series of 2016. This is the response of the Duterte administration to the clamor of our Overseas Filipino Worker […]
Anti-Age Discrimination Bill Becomes Law
We now have a law that protects employees and job applicants from being discriminated based on age. This new law makes it illegal for businesses to impose ‘age restriction’ as a requirement for applicants vying for a position in a company. Thanks to Senator Pia Cayetano and other bill sponsors for their effort in pushing […]
POLO Office Location – Philippine Overseas Labor Office Addresses
Find the complete list of locations of DOLE’s POLO offices abroad in this post. The Philippine Overseas Labor Office is the go-to-agency of our OFWs and migrant workers who faced labor, workplace, employment issues while working abroad. The Labor Attaché and Admin in-charge of POLO offices of the Department of Labor and Employment or DOLE are […]
OFW LOAN Financial Assistance for South Korea bound workers under EPS
If you passed the South Korea EPS program but is facing problem in how to come up with money to pay for all the pre-departure expenses, there is now a Loan Facility program that you can avail of. *This loan program for OFW is only open to workers who are going to work in South […]