PASEI VS DRILON

Petitioner:
- The petitioner, Philippine Association of Service Exporters, Inc. (PASEI, for short), a firm "engaged
principally in the recruitment of Filipino workers, male and female, for overseas placement
- challenges the Constitutional validity of Department Order No. 1, by DOLE, GUIDELINES
GOVERNING THE TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF DEPLOYMENT OF FILIPINO DOMESTIC
AND HOUSEHOLD WORKERS

- Constitutional issues:
1. providing for worker participation "in policy and decision-making processes affecting their rights
and benefits as may be provided by law."
2. Non-impairment clause
3. Discrimination - Male vs Female workers abroad

Sol. Gen.:
- Police Power
- Equal Protection Clause – – Substantial distinctions