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POEA reminds of minimum requirement for contracts
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Posted on Mar 10 2006
The Philippine Overseas Employment Agency is reminding overseas Filipino workers and its employers all over the world, especially in the CNMI, about the minimum contract requirements in their host country of work.
Based on the recently released publication from the agency, Hiring Filipino Workers, Employer’s guide, which was provided through the Philippine Overseas Labor Office, when hiring Filipino workers the guaranteed wages for regular working hours and overtime pay for the OFWs should not be lower than the prescribed minimum wage in the host country.
It should not be lower than the appropriate minimum wage standards set forth in a bilateral agreement or international convention, if applicable, or not lower than the minimum wage in the country, whichever is the highest.
There should also be a free transportation to and from the worksite or offsetting benefit, according to POEA.
There should also be free food and accommodation or offsetting benefit too. “Just or authorized causes for termination of contract or of the service of the worker, taking into consideration the customs, traditions, mores, practices, company policies, and the labor laws and social legislations of the host country.”
Provisions of the contract, however, may also be considered through the existing labor and social laws of the country, said the publication. Relevant agreements, conventions, legislations or resolutions and relevant bilateral and multi-lateral agreements or arrangements with the host country may also be considered.
The employer’s guide brochure can be obtained from the POLO office in Nauru Building in Susupe.
