POEA-OWWA Agreement on OFW Contributions

The resolution recognizes that in 1994, the OWWA Board of Trustees adopted a per contract policy for assessing OWWA membership contributions to fund welfare and protection programs and services for Overseas Filipino Workers.
The resolution’s objective is to implement that per contract policy efficiently through cooperation of POEA.

The policy covers all contract workers deployed overseas, whether landbased or seabased.
The policy applies to workers under a renewed/extended contract, whether the renewal is express or implied.
The policy requires a uniform membership fee of US$25 or its peso equivalent.
The peso equivalent is computed using an exchange rate based on the applicable conversion rate pursuant to a prior agreement with the seabased and land-based sectors embodied in OWWA Memorandum of Instruction No. 104, Series of 1991.

The policy exempts returning workers on vacation, holidays, emergency leave, and other similar reasons.
The exemption applies when the worker is going back to complete the original contract.

The resolution authorizes the POEA Administrator to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement with OWWA.
The authorization is conditioned on the POEA Administrator first determining the viability and legal implication of the Memorandum of Agreement.

The resolution was adopted during a meeting duly convened of the POEA Governing Board.
The resolution is signed by Bienvenido E. Laguesma, Reynaldo A. Regalado, Ezekiel T. Alunen, Vicente F. Aldanese, Patricia A. Sto. Tomas, and Rosalina Villamoreal.
Bienvenido E. Laguesma is identified as the Secretary of Labor and Employment and Chairman of the Board.
Rosalina Villamoreal is identified as the GB Secretary.

The policy’s US$25 fee structure and computation method reference OWWA Memorandum of Instruction No. 104, Series of 1991.
The resolution implements the policy through a Memorandum of Agreement to be executed between POEA and OWWA.