Prohibition on Medical Examinations
- Medical examinations shall not be conducted on applicants responding to manpower pooling advertisements.
Trade Test Conditions
- Trade tests are not required for applicants unless the agency concerned advances the cost of such tests.
Reporting Obligations of Agencies
- Agencies must submit a status report to the Employment Regulation Branch within 30 days from the publication date of the advertisement.
- The report must include the number of applicants registered per principal and skill category as advertised.
- It must also list names and addresses of applicants who underwent trade testing, the skill categories involved, and the name of the trade testing outfit, if any.
Termination of Pooling Registration
- If after 90 days from publication no accreditation or job order approval is obtained from the Accreditation Branch for any principal or manpower request associated with the pooling advertisement, the agency must immediately terminate all registrations and pooling of applicants for that principal.
- The agency must submit a terminal report to the Employment Regulation Branch within 10 days from termination.
- The terminal report must state reasons why accreditation or approval has not materialized and include an inventory of applicants as required in the status report.
Submission Forms
- Specific forms for submitting status and terminal reports are provided and available at the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration.
Enforcement and Compliance
- The guidelines are effective immediately and require strict compliance.
- Issued by the Administrator of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration.