Deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) during the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ)

May 15, 2020POEA ADVISORY NO. 60-20DEPLOYMENT OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWs) DURING THE MODIFIED ENHANCED COMMUNITY QUARANTINE (MECQ)Pursuant to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) Resolution No. 36, Series of 2020, and subject to compliance with pertinent provisions of the IATF Guidelines on the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) that amends the IATF Omnibus Guidelines on Community Quarantine, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) hereby advises the public that: xxx xxx xxxOverseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) whether land-based or sea-based shall be allowed to be deployed abroad upon the execution of a Declaration signifying their knowledge and understanding of the risks involved as advised by the Philippine Government.For this purpose, recruitment and placement agencies shall be likewise allowed to operate in areas under the General and Modified Enhance Community Quarantine subject to the observance of minimum health standards. Further, government offices involved in the processing of their deployment are hereby directed to establish "Green Lanes" to enable their prompt processing and deployment. Further still, to facilitate the ease of deployment,...