Pursuant to Department Order No. 33, Series of 1992, relative to the posting of repatriation bond for all overseas contract workers, the following additional guidelines are hereby issued for all rehired and recontracted landbased overseas contract workers:

1.      Vacationing Landbased overseas contract workers who have been rehired or recontracted by their present employers may not post the repatriation bond, provided, they present to POEA a signed written undertaking of the employer stating that he agrees to assume any and all expenses that may be incurred if the OCW is repatriated to the Philippines even if due to termination of employment attributed to the OCW.  However, the OCW can submit other documents, in lieu of the foregoing requirements, that can guarantee the obligation of his employer to repatriate if the need arises.

2.      Vacationing Landbased overseas contract workers who have changed employers in the same jobsite, undocumented OCWs whose documents shall be processed for the first time by POEA and Balik Manggagawa rehired by the same employer but whose documents shall be processed for the first time by POEA shall still be required to post the repatriation bond.

This Department Order takes effect immediately.  All previous issuances inconsistent herewith are deemed superseded by this Department Order.

For compliance.

Adopted: December 29, 1992

(Sgd.) MA. NIEVES R. CONFESOR
Secretary