Nurses who are looking forward to a direct hire, better read this news!
Foreign employers who want to hire Filipino workers without using the services of local recruitment agencies must obtain approval from the Department of Labor and Employment, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration governing board has ruled. In a board resolution, the POEA board repealed a section of the rules covering the recruitment of land-based overseas workers, which allowed the registration with the POEA of “name hires” as an exemption from the ban on direct hiring. “Name hires” refer to workers who obtain employment on their own without the participation of recruitment agencies.
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kamahalan (reyna, hehe),
saan pa po ako pwedeng makakita ng related information tungkol dito? naka-balita na nga rin po ako sa mga kakilala ko na nag-abroad. ang poea daw nung mga panahong iyon e naglagay ng limit na 10 ‘name hires’ per employer per country. hindi ko po alam kung may pinayagan sila na nag-exceed sa 10. well, actually, meron. pero siguro dinaan na lang sa magandang pakiusapan. nagtataka nga ako kung bakit ngayon ngayon lang to nabalita. may nakapag-kwento na rin po ba sa inyo ng ganito? minsan kasi mas marami pa kong nahihita sa mga forums at blogs kesa sa tv at newspaper
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Kamahalan, anong ka-ek-ekan ng DOLE ba naman to??? Nagpapalagay na naman ba sila? Hindi nga nila maubos ang nasa pinggan nila, ngayon, heto na naman??? Na-iinis na talaga ako sa gobyerno natin!!! Bakit ba ang hilig hilig nilang pahirapan ang buhay naming mga nurses na ang gusto lang naman ay makalayas sa lupang hinirangan??? Ang dami-dami na talagang atraso ng brione yan sa akin ha???
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Mia,
from what they’re saying eto daw po: “Registration with the POEA gives overseas workers such benefits as insurance and health care, education and training, family welfare services as well as protection and assistance in their place of work.”
to protect you guys from whatever chuvalais na sakaling pumalpak ang work.
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at future na malalalit at kukutya-kuytaing OFW,
let me see what i could find in my universal library if there is any because this is actually the first time I’ve ran across that word.
thanks.
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Kamahalan…
Naku! Ganon ba yun?!?
Uso pa naman yung direct hire ngayon, iwas illegal recruiter, wala pang placement fee. But marami me na friendly friends na direct hire, over the internet….kinabahan tuloy ako bigla…eto pa naman ang balak ko…
Thanks for the info!
P.S. – Sana indi nagpapa”lagay” lang ang DOLE…
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Ang mga kilala kong OFW puro direct hire. Ibig sabihin dumarating sila bilang tourist, tapos direct na nag a-apply at nata-tangap. Kasi naman ang alam lang gawaiin ng POEA is kaltas dyan and kaltas dito. Humihingi ng mga kung ano-ano pang che che bureche na naka-kadismaya sa mga companya, tapos ang laki pa ng mga patong pa na fees ng mga local recruitment agencies na kaya by the time na sweldo na pinag uusapan, ang laki na ng nabawas. So masasabi ko lang, katulad lang yan ng mga katakot takot na bawal na hindi mai-enforce, ngek ngek nila.
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Your Royal Highness, in your honest opinion, is the DOLE’s motive really this honorable and pure??? If you say so, your loyal servant will bow down to your superior judgment, pero Kamahalan, alam ko namang hindi ka madaling uto-in eh! Sige nga po, sige nga, give me your honest opinion…..
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hehe someone is daring the queen…
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Mia,
Hirap nitong challenge mo! Ok, here’s my take on this one. *pinagpapawisan*
On it’s face, maganda ang layunin nang DOLE. Eto ang sabi:
“Registration with the POEA gives overseas workers such benefits as insurance and health care, education and training, family welfare services as well as protection and assistance in their place of work.”
O di ba?
Now, let’s take your case, kasi ang sister ko at yung isang nephew ko are both nurses. Let’s say direct hire sila going to the United States.
1 – Why would they need insurance and health care from POEA when their employers are already providing them with those benefits. I bet you, if we compare benefits (although they vary from country to country, employer to employer) mas maganda pa siguro ang benefits nang employer mo. So this is one basis of consideration.
2 – Why would you need education and training from POEA when you are already in the United States and chances are, your employer probably has some education assistance (like my GWU paid for by my employer) for you. I am not clear as to what this is.
3. – Family Welfare Services. This one looks good. But, there is no such thing as free lunch, so you think they are going to give this for free unless you shell out something in the form of fees, dues, premiums or whatever chuvalais and more chuvalais?
4. – Protection and assistance in their place of work – This one is also good. Take the case of the nurses in New York who were duped by their agency. If you happen to be in that situation, you definitely need some assistance.
My conclusion: I think they need to do some more re-thinking about this. It does sounds good, but many not really be applicable accross the board.
The question becomes: Who would need what POEA/DOLE is offering? (Insurance, protection, family services, etc) They need to single out these workers. Could they be:
a.) Domestic helpers who are prone to abuse?
b.) Seaman who are also prone to international dangers like that one in Nigeria?
c.) What about OFW’s in some dangerous countries?
d.) Do they have to make it mandatory sa mga matitigas ang ulo who would go on a tourist visa, ran into trouble, then accuse the government that it was POEA’s fault and now they have to bail these matitigas ang ulo?
The real issue for POEA and DOLE is – exactly what do they want? To protect OFW? or to make sure the real numbers of OFW are counted (for governments purpose) or is it for more money?
POEA’s responsibility is essentially to promote (recruitment agency) and monitor (check check lang) overseas employment of filipinos. http://www.poea.gov.ph/html/aboutus.html. Madami pang nakalista.
DOLE responsibility naman is to promote gainful employment (another recruiter)! http://www.dole.gov.ph/
So, in other words – kahit anong isulat pa nilang drama to promote the welfare of pinoy workers, the foremost objective nila is to find WORK for pinoys abroad.
Given that, would it be fair to assume that their main purpose with this whole registration is really nothing more than accounting of the heads? Yong mga drama chuva about education, training tralala is more of a catch-on?
Naku ha? Baka ma-persona non grata ako nitong dalwang agency na to Mia ha?! Mga kru-kru ko lang po to!
Mababansagan ako nitong destablizer!!!!
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Kamahalan, no wonder na Reyna ka nga kasi naman, queen na queen ang dating kung mag-explain! O diva bluepanjeet, Her Royal Highness did justice in explaining to her subject the controversial topic at hand? Diva? Kamahalan, kuntento ako sa explanation mo. Hindi na po ako magcocomplain!! Hmmmm…. kinu-quote ko ba si Joey o si Willie???
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Mia,
Naku salamat naman at pumasa ako. hehehe!
Recruiter lang talaga ang dalwang agency na yan. Mga sugar lang yong mga pinagsasabi nila. They have to protect the OTHER RECRUITMENT AGENCIES dahil malaki ang tipak nila dun di ba? Magkano kaya ang binabayad nang mga recruitment agencies saten?
Also, they try to protect big recruitment agencies dahil ang hirap na po mag open nang recruitment agency ngayon. You have to have enough money – at completos recados with full office facilities. The more they make it hard for people to open new competition eh di protektado yong mga big firms.
NAKKUUU!~!! Destabilizer na talaga ako nitoooo!!!! Sooorri hOOOOO!!
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Kamahalan, I was not testing you naman…. i was just asking for your opinion. At saka hindi destablization ang ginagawa mo…. we’ll leave that to the politicians who are vying for power. Ikaw may sarili ka ang kaharian kaya’t hindi ka na kailangang mang-agaw ng turf, hehehe! Thank you uli po for taking the time to respond to my queries.
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biblib na bilib with bow pa kamahalan
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This is a STUPID BS policy!
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