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The Department of Migrant Workers (Filipino: Kagawaran ng Manggagawang Pandarayuhan, [3] abbreviated as DMW) is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the protection of the rights and promotion of the welfare of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) and their families.
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (abbreviated as OWWA, Filipino: Pangasiwaan sa Kagalingan ng Manggagawa sa Ibayong-dagat [2]) is an attached agency of the Department of Migrant Workers of the Philippines.
On December 30, 2021, President Rodrigo Duterte signed Republic Act. No. 11641 creating the Department of Migrant Workers, elevating POEA as an executive department [8] and absorbing the seven offices of the Department of Labor and Employment and Department of Foreign Affairs namely Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers' Affairs ...
On December 30, 2021, then-President Duterte signed into law the "Department of Migrant Workers Act" (Republic Act 11641), which consolidates all OFW-related services into one department. [18] The new Department of Migrant Workers is slated to be operational by 2023. [19]
In 2023, President Bongbong Marcos directed the Department of Migrant Workers and other relevant agencies to make OEC processing free-of-charge. The OFW Pass, a digital version of the OEC is being developed. [6]
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.
RA 8042 or the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos act of 1995 seeks to deliver and provide full protection and promote full and equal employment opportunities for migrant workers. According to the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration, the act is intended for the assurance of the dignity and fundamental human rights and freedom of ...
The main task of the Commission on Filipinos Overseas is to register and provide pre-departure orientation seminars to Filipino emigrants; to promote the transfer of technology, material contributions, and financial contributions of Filipino emigrants from abroad to underserved communities in the Philippines; to provide the younger generation of Filipinos overseas with opportunities to learn ...