DMW-ADVISORY-02-2023 — DEPLOYMENT OF FILIPINO WORKERS TO INDIA

Bepartment of Alli grant MorPECEIVED Blas F. Ople Building, Ortigas Avenue cor. EDSA, Mandaluyong Republic of the Philippines DEPARTMENT OF MIGRANT WORKERS Administrative Services By: MARTIN L. REYES II

Date: January 20, 2023 Time: 4:35 P.M.

ADVISORY NO. 0 2 Series of 2023

DEPLOYMENT OF FILIPINO WORKERS TO INDIA

Anent POEA Advisory No. 77, Series of 2022 stating that India is a non-compliant

consideratlon from concerned workers. Affairs (DFA) on reassessing the said issuance in behalf of the numerous requests for country under the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995, as amended by RA 10022, the Department (DMW) has sought advice from the Department of Foreign

consider the appeals: On account of the request, the DFA has provided the following as bases to

2. India is already a party to core labor conventions; and 3. Although there is no bilateral labor agreement between the Philippines and 1. India has already passed labor and social laws protecting workers' rights including migrants; India, there is already an ongoing negotiation on providing Filipino migrant workers social security coverage.

The Department (DMW) hereby advises that the deployment of overseas migrant

India. workers to India, both new hires and rehires, may proceed provided that their employment contracts are duly authenticated by the Philippine Embassy in New Deihi,

to the said country is not allowed until it is fully certified as a compliant country under the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995, as Further, this advisory clarifies that the deployment of household service workers amended by RA 10022.

For the information and guidance of all concerned.

BERNARD P. OLALIA OIc Secretary

19 January 2023

CONTROLLED AND DISSEMINATED By DMW General Services Division on: _January 20, 2023

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