OFWs in Israel ask for reduction in $12 OEC fee

Filipino workers in Israel are seeking a reduction in the processing fee for overseas employment contract for which they are charged $12 abroad, which is far higher than the P100 collected by the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration for OECs processed in Manila.

The Filipino community in Israel said that if the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration can reduce the conversion rate of the $25 membership dues collected from departing OFWs from P51 to P42 following the steady appreciation of the peso, then it should also use the lower change rate on the OECs.

The Filipino workers said the Philippine Overseas Labor Office under the POEA has been collecting $12, or P612 at an exchange rate of $51:1.

Returning overseas Filipino workers or Balik-Manggagawa, are required to secure an overseas employment certificate (OEC) at the POEA Balik-Manggagawa processing division, regional centers and satellite offices and some POLOs to enable them to leave the country again and avail of the same privileges such as exemption from travel tax and airport terminal fee.

Based on records of some 1.012 million contracts were processed in 2007 covering January 1 to December 9, 2007.

This means that on the daily basis, a total of 2,951 contracts or OECs are being processed by the POEA. - Marie Neri, GMANews.TV

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