The official website of POLO Dubai


Mabuhay!


Launched in December 2010, polo-owwadubai.net has served as the official online presence for the Philippine Overseas Labor Office-Overseas Workers Welfare Administration in Dubai and Northern Emirates, UAE.


To better serve the community, downloadable forms are now available online along with guidelines on how to properly fill them out, thus making your transactions at the POLO more efficient and more convenient by allowing you to prepare your documents beforehand.


If you want to reach our office in Dubai, a location map is readily available for download, along with our other contact information.


We sincerely hope that you find the website useful and informative, and that you enjoy your stay with us.


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 PROGRAMS & SERVICES OF PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS LABOR OFFICE
Dubai, United Arab Emirates


The Republic of the Philippines, through the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), has created the Philippine Overseas Labor Offices (POLOs) to become the enforcers of its state responsibility abroad for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs):


    A.)    Assist Filipino migrant workers on all problems arising out of employee-employer relationships.
 
    B.)    Ensure that labor and social welfare laws of the host country are fairly applied to Filipino migrant workers.

    C.)    Verify employment contracts and other employment-related documents.

    D.)    Explore and establish new market niches and conduct aggressive marketing missions.

    E.)    Promote the welfare of Filipino migrant workers through the provision of welfare services such as, but not limited to, repatriation assistance, procurement of medical and hospitalization services, temporary shelter services, and legal assistance.

    F.)    Provide advisory services and program information to promote social integration and empowerment of OFWs through media advocacy, post-arrival orientations, community networking and interaction.

    G.)    Provide training and re-training to enhance the employability and marketability of our migrant workers, and to ensure their eventual and smooth reintegration into the Philippine economy.

  H.)    Formulate and implement gender-sensitivity programs and services, especially in posts with heavy concentration of Filipino women working in vulnerable occupations.

    I.)    Monitor and report to the head office situations and policy developments in the host country that may affect migrant workers in particular and the Philippine labor policies in general.


At present, there are several POLOs situated in various countries where there are large concentrations of Filipino migrant workers.

The POLO is headed by a Labor Attaché who directly supervises the corps of labor personnel, composed of an Assistant Labor Attaché, Welfare Officers, Administrative Assistants, Social Workers, and other support staff.

The POLO also supervises and manages the Filipino Workers Resource Center (FWRC) in cooperation with the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), an attached agency of the DOLE that serves as a temporary shelter for distressed OFWs. It handles all labor-related concerns and issues of documented Filipino migrant workers. It is open 24 hours a day for 7 days each week (24/7) to respond to the needs of OFWs at any given time of day.

 

 

Page last updated: 30 January 2011
Copyright 2010/Dec/Senen C. Aquino