A Handbook for Expatriates

2010A HANDBOOK FOR EXPATRIATESDOLE-PEZA TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP REGION 7CEBU CITY 2010THIS HANDBOOK IS NOT FOR SALERepublic of the Philippines Department of Labor & Employment Intramuros, ManilaMessageThe publication of the "Handbook for Expatriates" underscores the vigorous efforts of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Coordinating Council and all its partners to guide expatriates on labor and employment laws and standards prevailing in the Philippines. This undertaking certainly would ensure smooth and favorable stay and employment of expatriates in the country. This handbook is a readily available reference guide that employed expatriates can always refer to in connection with their rights and responsibilities vis-à-vis Philippine labor laws and standards.Expatriates are usually employed as CEOs and managers in the country's economic zones and other industrial areas. With this handbook, they will definitely become more well-informed on the rights and benefits due the Filipino workers as provided for by law. This prevents workers dissatisfaction and plant-level upheaval, thereby, ensuring harmony between labor and management and plant level efficiency and productivity.Indeed, this handbook concretizes the DOLEs endeavor to...