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Section 18. Services - Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act

Section 18. Services of Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act. Section 18. Services. The Migrant Workers and other Overseas Filipinos Resource Center shall provide the following services: a. Counseling and le

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Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act

Section 18. Services. The Migrant Workers and other Overseas Filipinos Resource Center shall provide the following services:

a. Counseling and legal services;

b. Welfare assistance including the procurement of medical and hospitalization services;

c. Information, advisory programs to promote social integration such as post-arrival orientation, settlement and community networking services and activities for social interaction;

d. Registration of irregular/undocumented workers to bring them within the purview of the Act;

e. Implementation of DOLE and OWWA Programs;

f. Human resource development, such as training and skills upgrading;

g. Gender-sensitive programs and activities to assist particular needs of migrant workers;

h. Orientation program for returning workers and other migrants;

i. Monitoring of the daily situation, circumstances and activities affecting migrant workers and other overseas Filipinos;

j. Ensuring that labor and social welfare laws in the receiving country are fairly applied to migrant workers and other overseas Filipinos; and

k. Conciliation of disputes arising from employer-employee relationship, in accordance with this Rule.

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