POEA suspends direct hiring memo for OFWs

Good to know that our voice had reached the concern officials that suspend the controversial MC-04 POEA memo.  Personally, this is the best move if the gov’t are really concern on the welfare and safety of us - OFWs and would-be OFWs.  Don’t know yet the MC-04? I advise you to read the previous post about this here. 

I’m still praying that POEA  will totally scrap the said memo.

In view of mounting protests and calls for its scrapping, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration backtracked on Thursday and suspended the guidelines on direct hiring of Filipino workers by foreign employers.

The POEA issued Memorandum Circular No. 1, series of 2008, to put on hold Memorandum Circular No. 4, series of 2007, which provided for rigid screening of applications for direct hiring of Filipino workers and required the payment of repatriation bond of $5,000 and performance bond equivalent to three months salary or up to $3,000.

MC1 states: “To carry out the presidential directives relating to MC 4, series of 2007, relaxing the rules (on) direct hires for professionals, those to be employed by reputable companies already providing adequate protection and similarly situated employers and pending deliberation on the matter by the POEA governing board, the implementation of MC 4 is hereby immediately suspended until further orders. Accordingly, direct hired workers will be processed in accordance with the rules existing prior to MC 4, series of 2007."

POEA administrator Rosalinda Baldoz signed the memorandum. - GMANews.TV