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Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA)

Address

Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA)
7th St. cor. F.B. Harrison
Pasay City, Philippines

Contact Information

If calling from Philippines:

Tel: 02 891 7601
Fax: 02 834 0124

If calling from overseas:

Tel: +632 891 7601
Fax: +632 834 0124

Website

http://www.owwa.gov.ph

Email

adminmdr@owwa.gov.ph

Other Forms of Contact

OWWA Hotlines: 551-156 / 551-6641

Activities

The OWWA is a government agency attached to the Department of Labor and Employment. The mandate of the OWWA is to protect and promote the welfare of overseas workers and their dependents. The OWWA provides social work and legal assistance programs to overseas workers and facilitates the implementation of the Labor Code, as well as the Migrant Worker and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995.

As contained in the Migrant Worker and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995, the responsibility to repatriate OFW lies with the principal or agency to advance the cost of plane fare and to immediately send the worker home should the need for it arise, without prior determination of the cause of the termination of the worker's employment. However, after the worker has returned to the country, the principal or agency may recover the cost of repatriation from the worker if the termination of the employment was due to solely to his / her fault. In case of conflict, the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) will determine the outcome of the dispute.

In the case the employer fails to provide for the worker's repatriation cost, the OWWA official assigned at the post shall notify OWWA and POEA simultaneously so that proper disposition can be made. The OWWA officials at post will send communication to its home office to provide flight details of the returning worker so that airport assistance may be provided.

OWWA contacts in other EAP countries:

BRUNEI
OIC-WELOF ROSARIO S. ILO
PHILIPPINE EMBASSY
No. 17 Simpang 126
Km 2, Jalan Tutong
Bandar Seri, Begawan
Negara Brunei, Darussalam
E-mail: ilo@yahoo.com
Tel. Nos.
LABATT +673 223 7052
WELOF +673 223 7053
POLO +673 223 6981

HONG KONG
WelOf. IV Petrona M. Bergado
WelOf. III Cristina P. Gorteza
Phil. Consulate General
Rm. 206, 14th/Flr., United Centre
95 Queensway, Admiralty, Hongkong
E-mail: owwahk@netvigator.com; bergman0960@yahoo.com
Tel. Nos.
Consulate +852 2823 8500
WELOF +852 2861 3980
WELOF +852 2823 8550
Labatt +852 2866 6975 / 2823 8534

TOKYO, JAPAN
WelOf. IV Josephine M. Sanchez
Fil. Workers Resources Center
5-15-5 Roppongi Minato-Ku
Tokyo, Japan
1068537
E-mail: jmsmht@twics.com
Tel. Nos.
AMBA +81 3 3585 7474
WELOF +81 3 5562 1573 - 74
Trunkline +81 3 5562 1600 Loc. 165

KOREA
WelOf. IV Andrelyn R. Gregorio
Embassy of the Philippines
9th Flr., Diplomatic Center
1376-1, Seocho-dong, Seocho-gu
Seoul, Korea
Filipino Workers Resource Center
243-39, Itaewon-dong, Yongsan-gu
Seoul, Korea
E-mail: owwasel@chollian.ne
Tel. Nos.
POLO +82 2572 3654
Labor Sec. +82 2572 3654
Embassy +82 2574 4286

MALAYSIA
WELOF III Felma R. Rasuman
PHILIPPINE EMBASSY
No. 1 Changkat Kai peng
50450 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
E-mail: owwakl@pd.jaring.my; polokualalumpur@myjaring.net
Tel. Nos.
POLO +60 3245 9485
WELOF +60 32143 3361
Embassy +60 3248 4233
FWRC (019) 329-6131

SINGAPORE
WelOf. IV Erlinda G. Arabejo
WelOf. III Edmund SC. Eddun
Phil. Embassy
20 Nasssim Rod
Republic of Singapore
258395
E-mail: owwa@pacific.net.sg
Tel. Nos.
Asst. WELOF +65 6733 2991
WELOF +65 6734 7609
Trunkline +65 6737 5789
Medicare +65 6834 1690

TAIPEI, TAIWAN
WELOF IV LYDIA M. ESPINOSA
M.E.C.O Office
Phil. Labor Center
4th FL, No. 107, Section 4
Chung-Hsiao, East Rd.
Taipei City, Taiwan
E-mail: daviddesdicang@yahoo.com
Tel. Nos.
PLC +886 2778 7951 to 52
+886 22773 6620
Hotline +886 2 2778 6511