EMPLOYERS should pay for the facilities, equipment and supplies necessary for their workers to engage in telecommuting, according to a new issuance of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). Labor and Employment Secretary Bienvenido E. Laguesma on Friday issued Department Order (DO) No. 237, series of 2022, which revised…
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has instructed the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration to temporarily suspend its implementation, citing the “improving global health situation” and higher vaccination rates at home.
(File photo) MANILA - The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has suspended the implementation of the Expanded Compulsory Insurance Coverage for land-based rehired and direct hired overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) upon the instruction of Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Susan Ople, The Expanded Compulsory Insurance Coverage for returning OFWs and direct hires was the subject of Department Order (DO) No. 228 issued by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in October 2021. Undersecretary Bernard Olalia, officer-in-charge of the POEA, said in a statement Monday that DO 228 was a "protective insurance mechanism against OFWs contracting Covid-19." In ordering the suspension, he cited an advisory dated Aug. 5, 2022 that the global health situation has improved and there is a high vaccination rate among OFWs. "The suspension will save our balik-manggagawa (returning workers) and those directly hired by foreign employers at least US$35 (PHP1
THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has allocated P100 million to provide free Covid-19 testing to first time jobseekers. In his Department Order (DO) No. 232, series of 2022, Labor and Employment Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III disclosed the program aims to help applicants, who need to secure a…
REHIRED and direct-hired overseas Filipino workers (OFW) will soon be able to enjoy compulsory insurance coverage. This after the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) announced on Sunday that the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) finally released the much awaited guidelines for DOLE Department Order (DO) No. 228, Series of 2021. Prior…