Overseas Filipino Workers / International Labor Law

The gold trap: COVID-19 is pushing more Filipino children into hazardous work The Philippines had been making slow progress in its long fight against child labor, but the pandemic reversed…

Over 37K pandemic-hit OFWs get help from OWWA-12 The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) has already assisted over 37,000 returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from parts of Region 12 (Soccsksargen)…

DOLE set to lift suspension of OFW deployment to Israel The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is set to lift the temporary suspension of deployment of overseas Filipino workers…

Need for harmonizing efforts in OFW concerns sought During his co-sponsorship speech on the creation of the Department of Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act (DMWOFA) or Department of Overseas…

BI sacks immigration officers linked to trafficking OFWS to Syria Immigration officers linked to trafficking overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to Syria – among them one of the alleged masterminds of…

    OFW repatriates hit .5m mark; DOLE extends P5b AKAP The government has repatriated more than half a million overseas Filipino workers who were displaced by the Covid 19…

  COVID-19 widens existing gender inequalities, creates new gaps in Viet Nam A new research brief by ILO Viet Nam calls for a change in the mindset of every woman,…

  Migrant workers’ jobs still at risk The prolonged COVID-19 pandemic closed international borders and slowed migration, but highly skilled overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), especially nurses, have managed to continue…

  Ship to Shore Rights South East Asia programme provides humanitarian relief to migrant workers in response to COVID-19 outbreak in Samut Sakhon ILO has approved a grant to support…