Guidelines on the Implementation of POEA Governing Board Resolution No. 06, Series of 2018

November 21, 2018POEA MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 017-18TO:All Concerned   RE :Guidelines on the Implementation of POEA Governing Board Resolution No. 06, Series of 2018 Pursuant to POEA Governing Board Resolution No. 06, Series of 2018, under the selective Balik-Manggagawa (BM) Exemption Program proposed by the DFA to exempt all returning workers, in the current deployment ban imposed on Iraq, the following guidelines are hereby issued for the processing and deployment of returning workers, except Household Service workers to Iraq. A. CoverageReturning workers who are:a. Employed by the company with existing contracts with the Government of the Republic of Iraq, the Government of the United States, the Government of Member States of the International Coalition, United Nations, other International Organization and International Non-Government Organization;b. Employed as private staff by foreign diplomats assigned in Baghdad and ranking officials of the Government of the Republic of Iraq provided that such employers have no pending labor-related cases as certified by the Philippine Embassy in Baghdad;c. Working and living in secured compounds in the following provinces; Babil, Baghdad, Basra, Dhiqar, Karbala,...