Bill Type
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Long Title
AN ACT ALLOCATING A CONTINGENCY FUND AS UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT FOR OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWs) WHO HAVE BEEN REPATRIATED DUE TO EXPIRATION OF CONTRACT OR TO RETRENCHMENT
Date filed
February 2, 2009
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB05868 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT ALLOCATING A CONTINGENCY FUND AS UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT FOR OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWs) WHO HAVE BEEN REPATRIATED DUE TO EXPIRATION OF CONTRACT OR TO RETRENCHMENT | |
| SHORT TITLE : Overseas Filipino Workers Unemployment Benefit Act | |
| ABSTRACT : Defines the terms "contingency funds" as the financal assistance to the OFWs who have been repatriated due to expiration of contract or to retrenchment and "unemployment benefits" as the government lump sum of Fifty Thousand Pesos (P50,000.00), tax free and shall be released upon the application of the beneficiaries. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : ILAGAN, LUZVIMINDA C. | |
| DATE FILED : 2009-02-02 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS : | |
| 1. Maza | 2. Casiño |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Palatino (081 ) | 2. Colmenares (002 ) |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON OVERSEAS WORKERS AFFAIRS ON 2009-02-04 | |
| SECONDARILY REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE(S) ON APPROPRIATIONS |
Abstract
Defines the terms "contingency funds" as the financal assistance to the OFWs who have been repatriated due to expiration of contract or to retrenchment and "unemployment benefits" as the government lump sum of Fifty Thousand Pesos (P50,000.00), tax free and shall be released upon the application of the beneficiaries.
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