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Date Shared: 
Thursday, November 9, 2017 - 11:57
Title: 

Foreign Employer Guarantee Fund

Countries and areas: 
Philippines
Partner(s): 
National Government of the Philippines
Thematic Area: 
Labour migration and mobility
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.

GFMD Source: 

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

Link: 

For more information: 

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

Source (retrieved on 04/13/2026 - 12:29): https://www.gfmd.org/pfp/ppd/5906