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(NAR) VOL. III NO. 1 / JANUARY - MARCH 1992

[ POEA MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 17, S. 1986, September 08, 1986 ]

CLARIFICATORY GUIDELINES ON THE DEPLOYMENT OF FEMALE FILIPINO WORKERS TO THE MIDDLE EAST



Further to Memo Circular No. 5 and No. 5-A s. 1986, requiring that job orders or employment offers for female workers bound for the Middle East shall have the favorable endorsement of the nearest Philippine Embassy official or Labor Attache please be informed that:

1. The regulation applies to all female hirings of duly accredited as well as prospective principals functioning as foreign placement agencies or manpower suppliers.

2. It shall also apply to all name hires coursed thru private employment agencies (processing limited to 5 workers for non-accredited principals) or self-solicited name-hire requests of workers themselves.

3. The regulation shall not apply to the following categories that may be requisitioned by relevant and appropriate establishments or individuals:
flight attendants
medical workers in
hotel workers   healthcare settings
female domestic Balik-Manggagawa
  workers for diplomatic
households		   Assistance Center
female clients
4. This regulation shall take effect 30 September 1986.  The grace period will enable licensed agencies to fully disseminate the information to their concerned principals as well as upgrade valid job orders to this new requirement.

For strict compliance.

Adopted: 8 Sept. 1986

(SGD.) TOMAS D. ACHACOSO
Administrator

Re-issued: 18 Feb. 1992

(SGD.) JOSE N. SARMIENTO
Administrator
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