Compulsory Pre-Departure Orientation Seminar for all Filipino Contract Workers including seamen for Overseas Employment

February 1, 1983POEA MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 003-83SUBJECT:Compulsory Pre-Departure Orientation Seminar for all Filipino Contract Workers including seamen for Overseas Employment. In view of the increasing difficulty encountered by Filipino contract workers in adapting or adjusting to changes in environment in a foreign jobsite or an ocean-going vessel, all agencies, construction contractors, manning agencies and entities authorized or licensed by the Ministry of Labor and Employment/Philippine Overseas Employment Administration to recruit and hire workers for overseas employment are hereby directed to conduct effective March 16, 1983, a compulsory pre-departure orientation seminar (PDOS) for all workers sent by them overseas. For this purpose, the following guidelines are issued for the observance by all concerned: cdSECTION 1. Coverage. — This Memorandum Circular shall apply to all agencies and entities authorized or licensed by the Administration/MOLE to hire and recruit workers for overseas employment. It shall also apply to all Filipino workers leaving for overseas employment.SECTION 2. Pre-Departure Orientation Seminar, A Requirement. — Every worker departing for overseas employment, either for the first time or on re-contract, shall undergo...