Supplemental Guidelines on the Provision of "DOLE-AKAP for OFWs"

June 23, 2020DOLE DEPARTMENT ORDER NO. 212-A-20SUPPLEMENTAL GUIDELINES ON THE PROVISION OF "DOLE-AKAP FOR OFWs"Further to Department Order No. 212, series of 2020, providing the guidelines on the provision of financial assistance for displaced landbased and seabased Filipino workers affected by COVID-19 (DOLE-AKAP for OFWs), the following amendment/supplemental guidelines are hereby issued to further expand the coverage of the program and facilitate faster evaluation of POLOs in DOLE-AKAP applications of onsite OFWs: HTcADCI. COVERAGE AND ELIGIBILITYSection 1-b (Qualified undocumented OFWs) on Coverage of DO 212, s. 2020 shall be revised to include the following:iv. Undocumented workers who were terminated/stranded/displaced as of February 2020 and who have not undertaken steps to regularize their status and are not active OWWA members at the time of application.Section II-1 on Eligibility under DO 212, s. 2020, shall be amended to read as follows:1. Those who have experienced job displacement (terminated; stranded; or no work, no pay arrangement) due to the receiving country's imposition of lockdown or community quarantine starting February 2020.Section II-2 on Eligibility under DO 212, s. 2020,...