QuestionsQuestions (POEA GOVERNING BOARD Resolution NO. 07, S. OF 2007)
It cites Article XIII, Section 3 of the 1987 Constitution (full protection of labor, local and overseas) and Republic Act No. 8042, particularly Sections 2(c) and 2(e) (adequate and timely services; effective mechanism to safeguard rights and interests of OFWs).
They shall be received by the concerned Philippine Overseas Labor Offices (POLOs).
POLOs shall assist on-site complainants in the preparation of affidavits and reception of evidence, which are then endorsed to the POEA for appropriate action.
They shall be endorsed to the POEA for appropriate action.
It provides a mechanism for the POEA Adjudication Office to ascertain facts by sending written interrogatories/questions to the deployed complainant-OFW through the concerned POLO.
The Adjudication Office is allowed to send written interrogatories or questions to the complainant-OFW through the concerned POLO.
Deployed complainants or witnesses in docketed POEA cases.
To provide deployed OFWs a practical on-site/off-site means to participate and testify, and to allow the Adjudication Office reasonable means to ascertain the facts.
“REMEDIAL MEASURES FOR STRONGER PROTECTION OF OFWS.”
The POEA Adjudication Office.
They serve as the channel through which written interrogatories/questions are sent to the OFW complainant/witness deployed overseas.
The Secretary of Labor and Employment.
Arturo D. Brion (Chairperson of the Governing Board), and members Gregorio S. Oca, Isidro Q. Aligada, Guillermina T. Gabor, and Leonardo B. De Ocampo.
Adopted on 09 August 2007.
Their principal, employer, and/or Philippine recruitment agency.