AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WELFARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO FAMILIES LEFT BEHIND BY OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS.

AN ACT GRANTING THE OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS THE RIGHT TO EQUAL PROTECTION ON MONEY CLAIMS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE THE FIFTH PARAGRAPH OF SECTION 10 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8042, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10022

AN ACT GRANTING BENEFITS AND INCENTIVES TO OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS INVESTING IN BUSINESS IN THE PHILIPPINES

AN ACT PROTECTING THE REMITTANCES OR MONEY TRANSFERS OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) BY REQUIRING THE DISCLOSURE OF FINANCE CHARGES AND OTHER FEES IN CONNECTION WITH MONEY TRANSFER, COMPELLING STRICT ADHERENCE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THEIR TRANSFER, PENALIZING VIOLATIONS THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT GRANTING ADDITIONAL BENEFITS TO OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH VALUE ADDED TAX (VAT)-FREE PURCHASES OF CONSUMER GOODS IN ALL LEADING STORE OUTLETS NATIONWIDE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CREDIT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR OVERSEAS WORKERS

AN ACT GRANTING BENEFITS AND SPECIAL PRIVILEGES TO FORMER OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT CREATING THE OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFW) MEDICAL CENTER DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREOF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CREDIT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT GRANTING SPECIAL LEAVE OF ABSENCE OF FIFTEEN (15) DAYS A YEAR WITH FULL PAY TO ALL LEGITIMATE SPOUSES OF OVERSEAS WORKERS IN THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT PENALIZING CERTAIN ACTS IN THE IMPOSITION OF EXCESSIVE PLACEMENT FEES AGAINST OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

AN ACT CRIMINALIZING ILLEGAL RETENTION OF GOVERNMENT-ISSUED IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS AND IMPOSING APPROPRIATE PENALTIES THEREFOR, INCORPORATING FOR THIS PURPOSE AN ADDITIONAL SUB-PARAGRAPH INTO ARTICLE 288 OF ACT 3815 AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE

AN ACT ESTABLISHING DEPARTMENT OF OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT (DOOE), DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT CREATING THE OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS PENSION AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A SPECIAL HOSPITAL FOR OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) AND THEIR DEPENDENTS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT GRANTING A SPECIAL LEAVE OF ABSENCE OF FIFTEEN (15) DAYS A YEAR WITH FULL PAY TO ALL LEGITIMATE SPOUSES OF OVERSEAS WORKERS IN THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT TO PROVIDE A SYSTEM OF ASSISTANCE AND INCENTIVES TO FAMILIES OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO IN TIMES OF NEED AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT EXEMPTING MONEY TRANSFERS TO THE PHILIPPINES OF OVERSEAS FOREIGN WORKERS FROM THE IMPOSITION OF DOCUMENTARY STAMP TAX, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 181 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8424, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 'TAX REFORM ACT OF 1997,' AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A SPECIAL HOSPITAL FOR OVERSEAS CONTRACT WORKERS (OCWS) AND THEIR DEPENDENTS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ROLE OF PHILIPPINE LABOUR ATTACHES IN NETWORKING WITH INDUSTRIES ABROAD AND MONITORING AND REPORTING THE SKILLS NEEDS OF THESE INDUSTRIES TO ENHANCE THE COUNTRY'S DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS)

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON STRANDED OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA CONSIDERING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR MIGRANT WORKERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON FOREIGN RELATIONS; AND LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE TRAGIC DEATH OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKER IRMA AVILA EDLOY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE RECENTLY ADOPTED SCHEME OF REQUIRING FILIPINO APPLICANTS FOR EMPLOYMENT IN THE STATE OF KUWAIT TO UNDERGO MEDICAL EXAMINATION CONDUCTED EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH WINSTON Q8 CERTIFICATIONS SOLUTIONS, INC. (WINSTON Q8) AS PRE-REQUISITE FOR THE GRANT OF WORK VISA BY THE EMBASSY OF THE STATE OF KUWAIT IN THE PHILIPPINES, WHICH NOT ONLY EXPOSES OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS TO ARBITRARY AND EXORBITANT EXPENSES BUT ALSO CONTRAVENES THE PROVISIONS OF THE MIGRANT WORKERS AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS ACT OF 1995, AS AMENDED

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE STATE OF THE OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) CONTRIBUTIONS AND MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS IN THE NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM THROUGH PHILHEALTH, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, AND ON FOREIGN RELATIONS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, TO ASSESS THE IMPACT TO THE COUNTRY'S BILATERAL RELATIONS AND TO THE OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) OF THE DIPLOMATIC ROW BETWEEN QATAR AND ITS NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE WORKING CONDITIONS OF OUR DOMESTIC HELPERS WORKING ABROAD WITH THE END VIEW OF ESTABLISHING OR STRENGTHENING THE POLICIES AND MECHANISMS FOR PROTECTING THEIR RIGHTS, SAFETY, AND WELL-BEING

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE NEWLY-LAUNCHED IDENTIFICATION CARD OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFW ID) WITH THE END VIEW OF ESTABLISHING MORE TRANSPARENT GUIDELINES FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION

A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES AND FOREIGN RELATIONS, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, TO CONDUCT AN EXHAUSTIVE INQUIRY AND INVESTIGATION REGARDING THE UNTOWARD DEATHS OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) AND A RE-EXAMINATION OF THE GOVERNMENT’S LABOR AND FOREIGN POLICIES AND PROGRAMS IN LIGHT OF THE CONTINUED ABUSES, EXPLOITATION, AND DEATHS OF OUR OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) SINCE THE DEATH OF FLOR CONTEMPLACION ON MARCH 17, 1995

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE TOTAL BAN OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) DEPLOYMENT TO KUWAIT IN THE LIGHT OF THE TRAGIC FATE OF SLAIN FILIPINA OFW JOANNA DEMAFELIS IN KUWAIT

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE INCREASING INCIDENCE OF ABUSE OF OFWS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT’S DEPLOYMENT BAN TO KUWAIT, INCLUDING THE ECONOMIC IMPACT ON THE REPATRIATED OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND THOSE WHOSE PLACEMENT HAS BEEN DEFERRED IN THE WAKE OF SEVERAL INCIDENTS OF DEATH OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS IN THE SAID ARAB COUNTRY

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT; AND FOREIGN RELATIONS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE RECENT DEATHS OF JOANNA DANIELA DEMAFELIS AND JOSIE LLOREN, AS WELL AS SIMILAR MALTREATMENTS AND DEATHS OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) THROUGH THE YEARS, WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF FORMULATING EFFECTIVE MEASURES AND POLICIES TO PROACTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY ASSIST AND PROTECT OUR MIGRANT WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER DEPLOYMENT

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT A RE-EXAMINATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, OF THE GOVERNMENT’S MIGRATION POLICIES IN THE WAKE OF CONTINUED ABUSES AND EXPLOITATION SUFFERED BY OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS), WITH AN END-IN-VIEW OF PROMOTING THE WELFARE OF EVERY FILIPINO MIGRANT WORKER, OUR MODERN DAY HEROES

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT THE DEPLOYMENT OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO HOUSEHOLD SERVICE WORKERS TO COUNTRIES THAT DO NOT AFFORD MIGRANTS THE SAME RIGHTS AND WORK CONDITIONS AS THEIR NATIONALS AND ALLOW WITHHOLDING OF PHILIPPINE PASSPORT BE TOTALLY BANNED

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON LABOR AND FINANCE, TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE UTILIZATION OF THE PHP 1.4 BILLION WORTH OF FUNDS IN THE 2018 GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT FOR DISTRESSED OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) WHO ARE SEEKING ASSISTANCE IN RETURNING TO THE COUNTRY, ON WHETHER THESE AMOUNTS WERE UTILIZED EFFECTIVELY AND REACHED THE INTENDED BENEFICIARIES, AND TO INCLUDE THESE INFORMATION IN THE DELIBERATIONS IN THE NATIONAL EXPENDITURE PROGRAM (NEP) FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE/S TO CONDUCT A RE-EXAMINATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ANENT THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS OF THE GOVERNMENT TO HELP OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS WITH THE INTENTION OF FORMULATING FOCUSED MEANINGFUL AND VIABLE MECHANISMS INCLUDING FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAM TO ASSIST MIGRANT WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THE USE OF THEIR EARNINGS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON FOREIGN RELATIONS AND ON YOUTH, WOMEN AND FAMILY RELATIONS TO LOOK INTO THE ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT OF SELECTED EMBASSY OFFICIALS AND STAFF POSTED IN THE MIDDLE EAST ON THE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF DISTRESSED OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS CURRENTLY BEING SHELTERED INSIDE EMBASSY PREMISES, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF STRENGTHENING CURRENT MECHANISMS IN THE REPATRIATION OF BELEAGUERED MIGRANT WORKERS

RESOLUTION URGING PRESIDENT BENIGNO S. AQUINO III TO DECLARE THE YEAR 2013 AS THE YEAR OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR COURAGE, DETERMINATION AND SELF-SACRIFICE FOR THE SAKE OF THEIR FAMILIES AND OF THE NATION AT LARGE