Code of Discipline for Filipino Workers on Overseas Employment

March 16, 1983POEA MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 004-83SUBJECT : Code of Discipline for Filipino Workers on Overseas Employment.In view of the increasing complaints for misbehavior and the involvement by some Filipino contract workers in felonies while working overseas and in order to preserve the image of Filipino contract workers as responsible, hardworking, industrious and dependable, this Code of Discipline is hereby issued for the guidance and observance by all Filipino contract workers while working overseas. cdSECTION 1. Responsibility of Workers Overseas. — It shall be responsibility of every Filipino worker overseas to abide by the terms and conditions of his employment contract, to behave in the best manner and tradition of a Filipino and to obey the laws and respect the customs, mores, traditions and practices of the country where he is working. It shall also be his responsibility to abide with the remittance requirements as well as to provide material help to his family during the period of his overseas employment.a) Duty to Family: the worker shall(1) see to it that while employed abroad, ample...