Foreign Employer Guarantee Fund

Date Shared:

Thursday, November 9, 2017 - 11:57

Countries and areas:

Philippines

2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:

Targets on vulnerability and protection

GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:

Objective 22: Establish mechanisms for the portability of social security entitlements and earned benefits

Contributors:

Member States

Chairmanship:

Germany-Morocco 2017-2018

Geographical Relevance:

National

Tags:

Legal Frameworks on Migration, Labor Mobility, Empowerment and Rights of Migrants

Summary:

The Foreign Employer Guarantee Fund (FEGF) helps protect Filipino migrant workers and supports their repatriation.

For Overseas Filipino Workers recruited through a government-to-government arrangement, the Administration shall, through relevant guidelines, establish and administer a Foreign Employer’s Guarantee Fund (FEGF) which shall be answerable for the Overseas Filipino Workers’ monetary claims arising from breach of contractual obligations. The same must be included in bilateral agreements on government-to-government hiring.

Link:

For more information:

http://www.poea.gov.ph/laws&rules/files/Revised%20POEA%20Rules%20And%20R...

GFMD Source:

GFMD 2017 Summit - Business Mechanism Report "Toward a Global Compact on Migration: Perspectives on Labour Migration from the GFMD Business Mechanism"