Monitoring of Deployed Workers and Submission of Required Reports

July 5, 2018POEA MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 012-18TO:All POEA Licensed Manning and Landbased Agencies   SUBJECT:Monitoring of Deployed Workers and Submission of Required Reports Pursuant to Rule I Part VI on Assistance to Seafarers of the 2016 Revised POEA Rules and Regulations Governing the Recruitment and Employment of Seafarers and Rule I, Part VIII on Assistance to Overseas Filipino Workers of the Revised POEA Rules and Regulations Governing Board and Employment of Land based Filipino Workers of 2016, the following responsibilities of POEA manning and land based agencies are hereby reiterated: I. Strictly monitor status and conditions of deployed OFWs onsite and seafarers onboard and submit corresponding quarterly reports;II. Promptly submit appropriate reports on critical and significant incidents onsite and onboard, within in five (5) working days from occurrence such as death, injury, detention, accidents, runaways, missing, desertion and emergency disembarkation for medical attention, disembarkation, repatriation and sea piracy, among others;III. In the case of land based agencies, engage the services of a welfare/office counselor per job site, where at least a hundred (100) household service workers...