Acronyms
Acronyms
SRA – Special Recruitment Activity
JO – Job order
PRA – Private Recruitment Agency
POEA – Philippine Overseas Employment Administration
DOLE – Department of Labor and Employment
OWWA – Overseas Workers Welfare Administration
POLO – Philippine Overseas Labor Office
LabAtt – Labor Attache
LOA – Letter of Acknowledgement
TITP – Technical Intern Trainee Program
JITCO – Japan International Training Cooperation Organization
MoA – Ministry of Affairs Japan
VSEA – Verite Southeast Asia
CMA – Center for Migrant Advocacy
TFHI – The Fair Hiring Initiative
PRA – Private Recruitment Agency
NGO – nongovernmental organizations
WCP – Workers’ Communication Platform
RFA – Request For Assistance
RA – Republic Act
SPA – Special Power of Attorney
FMC – Filipino Migrant Center
OWWA – Overseas Workers Welfare Administration
POEA – Philippine Overseas Employment Administration
NCMB – National Conciliation and Mediation Board
NLRC – National Labor Relations Commission
DOLE – Department of Labor and Employment
OFW – Overseas Filipino Worker
VAWC – AntiViolence Against Women and their Children
CEDAW – Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women
POLO – Philippine Overseas Labor Office
COE – Certificate of Eligibility
Glossary of terms
Trainee – refers to a person being trained for a specific job.
Illegal – refers to something that is not constitutional acceptable and is punishable by law.
Recruitment – the action of finding people to be part of an organization or company
Destination country – foreign country that a migrant will travel to
Broker – refers to a recruitment agent
Prospective migrants – individuals or a group of people looking for employment opportunities based overseas
Returnee migrants – individuals or a group of people who were employed overseas for a period of time and returned to their country of nationality.
Undocumented migrant workers – migrant workers who did not go through the legal
Worker – support groups/NGOs organizations advocating for migrant workers’ rights
Employer – refers to the person or company that employed and provides the salary of a worker.
Work place – refers to the area or space wherein employed workers are expected to accomplish tasks
Authority or authorized document – refers to a document notarized or signed by an authorized entity
Special Recruitment Activity – refers to the authority granted to an agency to conduct recruitment outside its registered business address approved by the Administration. SRA shall be valid only on the date within the venue specified therein unless otherwise extended, modified or revoked by the Administration.
Letter of Acknowledgement – refers to a letter acknowledging the authorized representative(s) of an accredited or registered foreign principal/employer who may, from time to time, come to the Philippines to participate in the recruitment activities within the registered business address or acknowledged additional office(s) of an agency, during the validity of accreditation or registration of said accredited/registered foreign principal/employer, or which shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of issuance.
Employment contract – a document that contains the details of an agreement on the employment of a worker
Placement/Recruitment Fee – refers to the fee that a worker pays to a recruiter for employment overseas
Contract Substitution – refers to the act of replacing the agreed and signed contract in the origin country with a different contract.
Philippine passport – official document by issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs
Deployment period – refers to the date a worker was sent to a different country.
Country of Origin – refers to the country where a person is born and a registered citizen
Ban – declaration of an act that is officially illegal