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Labor Law 1
Labor Law 1
Labor Law 1
Other saliet features of this new law include the amendments to prohibited acts that
may constitute illegal recruitment by licensed and unlicensed agencies, as well as other
prohibited acts, such as loans, decking practice in OFW medical examinations; and
recruitment by suspended agencies; intensified anti-illegal recruitment programs that
include institutionalizing the role of LGUs; added capability of POEA lawyers;
prosecution; and operation and surveillance to apprehend illegal recruiters; and money
claims and inclusion of voluntary arbitration;
As to the repatriation and mechanism for repatriation, the new law prescribes
responsibility for repatriation with principal/employer and licensed recruitment agency
and shall now observe the 48-hour notice rule and 15-day period for countries with exit
visa requirements. The law also include provisions on repatriation of underage workers
and asserting penalties and liabilities for recruiters who recruit underage migrant
workers.
1. Overseas Filipino Resource Centers will now have additional required personnel,
such as psychologists, etc. and be under direct POLO supervision;
2. Institutionalizing the National Reintegration Center for OFWs;
3. Protection from abusive medical clinics;
4. Ensuring the use of the legal assistance fund for foreign lawyers and attorneys’
fees and for filing of cases against erring or abusive employers;
5. Compulsory insurance to cover agency-hired workers for accidental death,
natural death, permanent total disablement, repatiation costs, subsistence
allowance benefit, money claims, compassionate visit, medical evaluation, and
medical repatriation.