Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00347 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE PRACTICE OF BLACKLISTING BY RECRUITMENT AND PLACEMENT SERVICES THROUGH THE USE OF ANY MEANS, MECHANISMS OR LISTS WHICH INTEND TO SPECIFICALLY PREVENT OR DETER OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWs) FROM GAINING PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT, PROVIDING FOR STIFFER PENALTIES THEREOF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES | |
| SHORT TITLE : Anti-Blacklisting in Overseas Job Applications Act | |
| ABSTRACT : "Anti-Blacklisting in Overseas Job Applications Act". The proposed bill seeks to prohibit the practice of recruitment and placement agencies to blacklist "undesirable" overseas Filipino workers (OFWa) by any means to prevent or deter them from further gaining productive employment abroad. The process of blacklisting in the labor industry, especially among seafarers, through whatever mode, is violative of the 1987 Constitution and the Labor Code. The bill pursues to penalize any recruitment and placement agency that requires, as a condition of employment or reemployment, an OFW to refrain from lodging any protest, complaint or any similar mode of expression of one's grievance. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : BARINAGA, ROSELLER L. | |
| DATE FILED : 2004-07-01 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Amin (007 ) | 2. Syjuco (041 ) |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON OVERSEAS WORKERS AFFAIRS ON 2005-01-12 | |
| PREVIOUS COMMITTEE REFERRALS :PRIMARILY REFERRED TO LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT on 2004-07-27; |
Abstract
"Anti-Blacklisting in Overseas Job Applications Act". The proposed bill seeks to prohibit the practice of recruitment and placement agencies to blacklist "undesirable" overseas Filipino workers (OFWa) by any means to prevent or deter them from further gaining productive employment abroad. The process of blacklisting in the labor industry, especially among seafarers, through whatever mode, is violative of the 1987 Constitution and the Labor Code. The bill pursues to penalize any recruitment and placement agency that requires, as a condition of employment or reemployment, an OFW to refrain from lodging any protest, complaint or any similar mode of expression of one's grievance.'
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