QuestionsQuestions (POEA MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 13 S. OF 1999)
A caregiver is a contract worker hired to provide home support care in a private household. A live-in caregiver must reside in the employer’s home and must only work for the employer they are permitted to work for.
Caregivers bound for Israel must be at least 21 years old, consistent with MC No. 20, s. of 1998.
The caregiver must be at least a high school graduate.
The caregiver must be able to speak, read, and understand English at a level sufficient to communicate effectively in an unsupervised setting.
Caregivers must possess the appropriate certificate of competency as caregiver issued by TESDA as soon as the applicable skills determination system for household workers is in place.
The caregiver must have the ability to provide home support care with minimum (or least) supervision in a private household.
Caregivers are entitled to a guaranteed monthly salary in accordance with the prevailing minimum wage law of Israel, inclusive of food and accommodation.
Yes. The salary may be deducted an amount to cover food and accommodation upon mutual agreement.
They must undergo pre-qualification by POLO or the Philippine Embassy in Israel and obtain a Pre-Qualification Certificate (PQC).
Examples include: (1) an appropriate license issued by the Israel government; (2) an accomplished employer’s information sheet; and (3) a Special Power of Attorney and Recruitment Agreement with the Philippine recruitment agency.
At least two include: (1) the pre-qualification certificate together with a copy of the host-country license to operate the agency with certified English translation; and (2) authenticated and verified Special Power of Attorney and authenticated and verified Recruitment Agreement.
They include: (1) Request for Processing (RFP); (2) individual employment contract; (3) individual employer’s particulars including complete address and telephone number; (4) visa/work permit; (5) worker’s information sheet; and (6) certificate of attendance to PDOS.
Arrival monitoring is the regular informing of POLO/Philippine Embassy/Consulate of the caregivers’ arrival in Israel for effective monitoring; it is the foreign placement agency’s responsibility.
Philippine recruitment agencies and foreign placement agencies, in coordination with POEA and the Embassy in Israel, must assist in settlement of disputes, assist in repatriation, and report significant incidents like run-away, death, injury or illness, and detention.
Yes. It takes effect immediately.
It requires submission of a Special Power of Attorney and Recruitment Agreement with the Philippine recruitment agency for pre-qualification, and authenticated/verified Special Power of Attorney and Recruitment Agreement as part of accreditation documentation.