Allowing the Recruitment and Deployment of Filipino Housekeepers to Japan by the Private Sector

June 2, 2016GOVERNING BOARD RESOLUTION NO. 08-16WHEREAS, the Department of Labor and Employment implemented the Reform Package for Household Service Workers on 16 December 2006 which provides for the protection of domestic workers hired for overseas employment through the adoption of measures such as minimum age requirement, minimum salary, no placement fee policy, mandatory skills certification and attendance to the OWWA Language and Culture Orientation, among others;WHEREAS, the Japanese National Diet amended the Act on National Strategic Special Zones on 08 July 2015 which includes measures that, among others, allow the entry of foreign nationals who shall engage in housekeeping services into the National Strategic Special Zones in Japan; DACcIHWHEREAS, the guidelines on the "Project to Accept Foreigners Conducting Housekeeping Services in National Strategic Special Zones" of Japan issued by the Japanese government on 9 September 2015 opens employment opportunities to Filipino housekeepers in Japan; andWHEREAS, the recruitment, deployment and employment of Filipino housekeepers to Japan shall be in accordance with existing policies of the governments of the Philippines and Japan.NOW THEREFORE, the POEA Governing...