Quasi-Private International Law

and
Labor Laws

Abella, Reynald I.
Borja, Neil B.
Virtucio, Marc Angelo S.
Yarcia, Lee Edson P.
 RA 8042 - Migrant Workers and
Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995
SECTION 3.Definitions. For purposes of this Act:
(a)"Migrant worker" refers to a person who is to be engaged, is engaged or has
been engaged in a remunerated activity in a state of w hich he or she is not a legal
resident; to be used interchangeably with overseas Filipino worker.
 RA 8042 - Migrant Workers and
Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995
SECTION 14.Travel Advisory/Information Dissemination. To give
utmost priority to the establishment of programs and services to prevent illegal
recruitment, fraud and exploitation or abuse of Filipino migrant workers, all
embassies and consular offices, through the Philippine Overseas Employment
Administration (POEA), shall issue travel advisories or disseminate information
on labor and employment conditions, migration realities and other facts; and
adherence of particular countries to international standards on human and workers' rights
which will adequately prepare individuals into making informed and intelligent
decisions about overseas employment. Such advisory or information shall be
published in a newspaper of general circulation at least three (3) times in every
quarter.
 RA 8042 - Migrant Workers and
Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995
SECTION 20.Establishment of a Shared Government Information System
for Migration. x x x

The inter-agency committee shall convene to identify existing data bases which
shall be declassified and shared among member agencies. These shared data bases
shall initially include, but not be limited to, the following information:

(a)Masterlists of Filipino migrant workers/overseas Filipinos classified according

to occupation/job category, civil status, by country/state of destination including visa
classification;
Revised Government Service Insurance Act of
1977 PD 1146

NONE
 The Social Security Act of 1954 RA 1161
SEC. 8. Terms defined.For the purposes of this Act, the following terms
shall, unless the context indicates otherwise, have the following meanings:
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(c) Employer.Any person, natural or juridical, domestic or foreign, who

carries on in the Philippines any trade, business, industry, undertaking, or
activity of any kind and uses the services of another person who is under
his orders as regards the employment, except the Government and any of
its political subdivisions, branches or instrumentalities, including
corporations owned or controlled by the Government.
(j) Employment.Any service performed by an employee for his
employer, except
 The Social Security Act of 1954 RA 1161
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(5) Service performed on or in connection with an alien vessel by an

employee if he is employed when such vessel is outside the
Philippines;

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(9) Service performed in the employ of a foreign government or

international organization, or their wholly-owned instrumentality;
Magna Carta for Persons With Disabilities RA
10070

NONE
 LABOR CODE

Art. 13. Definitions

x x x

(i) Emigrant means any person, worker or otherwise, who emigrates

to a foreign country by virtue of an immigrant visa or resident permit or
its equivalent in the country of destination.
 LABOR CODE

Art. 42. Submission of list. Any employer employing non-resident foreign

nationals on the effective date of this Code shall submit a list of such nationals to
the Secretary of Labor within thirty (30) days after such date indicating their
names, citizenship, foreign and local addresses, nature of employment and status
of stay in the country. The Secretary of Labor shall then determine if they are
entitled to an employment permit.
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