Coverage of Booking Confirmation
- Applies to all individual Artists and members of Performing Artist Groups.
- Every Artist performing under contract must have a Booking Confirmation.
Required Contents of the Booking Confirmation
- Name of Licensed Agency.
- Name of Authorized Training Center.
- Name and composition of the Performing Artist Group.
- Name(s) of the Performing Artist(s).
- Name of the Performance Venue.
- Name of the Foreign Principal's Company including its President/Owner and POEA Accreditation Number.
- Signatures of key parties: Licensed Agency President/General Manager, Foreign Principal, Talent Manager(s), and the Artist(s).
- Indication of Gross Salary.
Validity and Operational Guidelines of Booking Confirmation
- Valid for four months from the date the Licensed Agency submits artist's complete documents to the principal.
- Upon document receipt, the principal must deposit a guarantee money of at least US$300 per artist with the Licensed Agency.
- Artists cannot be booked with other clients or principals during the BC's validity period.
- The Licensed Agency must provide each artist with a copy of the BC and a receipt acknowledging document submission.
- If deployment does not occur within validity, the principal forfeits guarantee money in favor of the artist.
- The Agency must pay artists the corresponding guarantee amount at the end of four months.
- Artists may withdraw from the booking after the BC validity; the principal must return all submitted documents upon withdrawal.
Mechanism for Complaints
- Complaints regarding the Booking Confirmation or its implementation can be filed with the Welfare Services Branch of the POEA Welfare and Employment Office.
Sanctions for Violations
- Licensed Agency Failure to Provide BC Copy and Receipt:
- First Offense: Warning and direction to provide documents; If BC expired, also must compensate at least $300.
- Second Offense: Suspension of documentary processing for one month.
- Third Offense: Suspension of documentary processing for three months; incurs one demerit point.
- Authorized Training Center Failure to Turnover BC Copy:
- First Offense: Warning and directive to turn over BC; If expired, must compensate at least $300.
- Second Offense: Suspension of graduate testing schedules for one month.
- Third Offense: Suspension of graduate testing schedules for three months; one demerit point towards authorization revocation.
- Artist Booking with Another Principal or Unauthorized Withdrawal:
- First Offense: Placement on POEA watchlist, delisting only upon clearance from complainant.
- Second Offense: Blacklisting and cancellation of Artist Record Book.
- Other offenses handled under existing POEA Rules and Regulations.
Booking Confirmation as a Mandatory Documentary Requirement
- Must be submitted for the processing of individual employment contracts at POEA.
- Serves as an attachment to the Certificate of Eligibility for submission to the Philippine Embassy or Labor Attaché's Office.
This order is mandated for strict compliance and was adopted on 2 August 1994.