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The amendments to the law sought to further improve the protection mechanisms provided for Filipino migrant workers. [14] RA 10022 is an act that amends RA 8024 that further improves the standard of protection and promotion of the welfare of migrant workers, their families and the overseas Filipinos in distress.
Aside from countries experiencing problems with peace and order, the Philippine government can also restrict deployment of Filipino workers to countries determined by the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs to be non-compliant to the Republic Act 10022 also known as Amended Migrant Workers Act.
The act specifies, "Migrant worker refers to a person who is to be engaged, is engaged or has been engaged in a remunerated activity in a state of which he or she is not a legal resident; to be used interchangeably with overseas Filipino worker.". Regarding deployment of migrant workers, the act mandates, "The State shall deploy overseas ...
In 1995, the Republic Act 8042, or Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act, became law. [5] 700,000 of the world's mariners come from the Philippines, being the world's largest origin of seafarers; [11] In 2018, Filipino seafarers sent home the equivalent of US$6.14 billion. [12]
A. The Obama administration should revise the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) enacted in 1974, so that the provisions extend coverage to domestic workers - a group that has long been excluded from basic minimum wage and overtime protections. B. The U.S. government should ratify The Convention Concerning Decent Work for
President-elect Donald Trump plans to launch a mass deportation operation targeting millions of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally and with temporary protections once he takes office on Jan ...
The agency was founded as the Welfare and Training Fund for Overseas Workers through Letter of Instruction No. 537, signed by President Ferdinand Marcos on May 1, 1977. [ 4 ] [ 3 ] It was renamed into the OWWA through Executive Order No. 126, signed by President Corazon Aquino on January 30, 1987. [ 5 ]
Six migrant workers outside a North Carolina Walmart were struck by an SUV Sunday in what police allege was an intentional act.