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| Philippine Laws on Working/Living Abroad |
The Labor Code of the Philippines
(Presidential Decree No. 442, as amended)
A Decree instituting a labor code thereby revising and consolidating labor and social laws to afford protection to labor, promote employment, and human resources development and insure industrial peace based on social justice.
Pre-Employment
Statement of objectives (Article 12)
It is the policy of the State:
- To promote and maintain a state of full employment through improved manpower training, allocation and utilization;
- To protect every citizen desiring to work locally or overseas by securing for him the best possible terms and conditions of employment;
- To facilitate a free choice of available employment by persons seeking work in conformity with the national interest;
- To facilitate and regulate the movement of workers in conformity with the national interest;
- To regulate the employment of aliens, including the establishment of a registration and/or work permit system;
- To strengthen the network of public employment offices and rationalize the participation of the private sector in the recruitment and placement of workers, locally and overseas, to serve national development objectives;
- To insure careful selection of Filipino workers for overseas employment in order to protect the good name of the Philippines abroad.
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