| The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration | | | | of the Government of Philippines. While the health |
| (POEA) is a division of the Government of Philippines. | | | | examinations are approved by the POEA, normally it |
| In close association with the Labor & | | | | is the firms on the accredited POEA record of land |
| Employment Department, the POEA takes on Filipino | | | | based employment or manpower agencies that |
| workers for jobs based in other countries. Now the | | | | supervise them. |
| requirement of sending Filipino workers outside the | | | | If a firm seeks to recruit employees via the POEA, |
| country happened due to lack of job opportunities | | | | they need to go via the accredited POEA record of |
| for them in the Philippines. | | | | land based employment firms. This accredited POEA |
| A number of international firms want Filipino | | | | record of land based employment firms refers to a |
| employees and may even engage them via the | | | | group of manpower firms that have received prior |
| POEA for manual labor and trained worker jobs on | | | | approval from the Philippine government. Now, these |
| account of numerous reasons, the most obvious | | | | firms need to be certified by the POEA in order to |
| being the low cost of employing Filipino laborers | | | | hire Filipino employees. Besides, they can merely |
| through the POEA as well as adequate supply of | | | | operate via the POEA. Now, it is just these firms that |
| workers and their eagerness to engage in any | | | | are the sole hires, who can talk to the POEA on the |
| occupation. Even though this may not appear just or | | | | foreign firm's behalf, to engage the services of the |
| ethically agreeable, it is frequently the logic behind a | | | | Filipino employees. The accredited POEA record of |
| firm recruiting Filipino employees. | | | | land-based employment firms simply handle |
| For a foreign or an international firm to engage Filipino | | | | employees for firms that run their business |
| employees, several intricate measures are required to | | | | operations on land. |
| be adhered to. Filipino employees cannot travel | | | | In the case of firms that conduct their business |
| abroad to take up a job without the authorization | | | | operations offshore, such as shipping companies and |
| and support of the Government of Philippines. | | | | cruise ships, they cannot sound out the accredited |
| Therefore, recruiting firms must look for employees | | | | POEA record of land based employment firms. Rather |
| via the government's POEA division. | | | | than checking with the accredited POEA record of |
| The POEA plays a regulatory role in connection with | | | | land based employment firms, these companies need |
| employees traveling outside the country by not just | | | | to consult a record of POEA manpower firms. Even |
| maintaining a close watch on them, but also in having | | | | though this does not appear as a major section for |
| the government-approved health facilities examine | | | | the POEA, actually the majority of companies employ |
| the employees before they exit the country. Now | | | | Filipino labor offshore rather than for land jobs. |
| the health examination is mandatory and is a requisite | | | | |