POEA: Licensed recruitment agencies deploying domestic workers required to have Facebook accounts
Administrator Hans Leo J. Cacdac has issued Memorandum
Circular No. 1, series of 2015, requiring recruitment agencies to have Facebook
accounts, for the following purposes: (1) Communication platform for deployed
domestic workers; (2) Dispute prevention; (3) Endorsement of complaints; and
(4) Submission of reports to the POEA. Cacdac emphasized that the requirement
to have FB accounts is imposed upon recruitment agencies deploying household
service workers, and is not a requirement for HSWs to have FB accounts.
Cacdac
reiterated the mandate of Labor Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz to make
licensed recruitment agencies responsible in ensuring that their deployed
workers' interests are amply protected, and that their well-being and welfare
are promoted pursuant to the POEA rules and regulations.
Recruitment agencies
were also mandated to submit reports on the status and condition of their
deployed workers. Cacdac enjoined recruitment and placement agencies to share
their Facebook accounts to the POEA and their deployed HSWs. The recruitment
agency's Facebook account shall be required for POEA processing of documents of
recruited household service workers. The Memorandum Circular takes effect on 13
March 2015.
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