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Licensed recruiters now allowed to place PH nurses in Germany outside Triple Win

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<ul><li style="text-align: justify;">DOLE secretary announced that POEA now allows PRAs to recruit, deploy and employ Filipino nurses to Germany</li> <li style="text-align: justify;">This was made possible through an approved resolution that paves the way for the immediate hiring and deployment outside Triple Win Project</li> <li style="text-align: justify;">Licensed private recruiters are not allowed to collect any placement fees from applicants</li> </ul>Private recruitment agencies (PRAs) are now allowed to recruit, deploy and employ Filipino nurses to Germany. This was announced by Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz as she stated that the Governing Board of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration, which she chairs, has issued a resolution, GB Resolution No. 4, Series of 2016, to pave the way for the immediate hiring and deployment of nurses to Germany outside of the Triple Win Project. Baldoz explained that the high demand for professional nurses in one of Europe’s largest and most stable economies made the issuance necessary; an article published by <a href="http://www.interaksyon.com/article/123910/poea-allows-licensed-recruiters-to-place-filipino-nurses-in-germany-outside-triple-win">InterAksyon</a> has noted. Under the Triple Win Project, which was also outlined in the Philippines-Germany labor agreement signed on 19 March 2013, job placement of Filipino health professionals in Germany, particularly nurses, may only be carried out by the POEA’s in-house placement facility and the Federal Employment Agency (BA) through the International Placement Services (ZAV). “We will allow the hiring and deployment of Filipino nurses to Germany outside of the Triple Win Project. However, licensed private recruiters cannot collect any placement fee from applicants,” Baldoz was quoted in the report. In signing the resolution, Secretary Baldoz was enjoined by other governing board members to include Hans Leo J. Cacdac, POEA Administrator and Vice-Chairman; Milagros Isabel A. Cristobal, Women Sector Representative; Alexander E. Asuncion, Land-based Sector Representative; Felix M. Oca, Sea-Based Sector Representative; and Estrelita S. Hizon, Private Sector Representative. Back in 2013, the government of the Federal Republic of Germany passed an employment ordinance allowing “the immigration of recognized occupations, including nurses among others, into the German labor market, under the so-called ‘White List’ of the German Employment Regulation, through the private sector.” Meanwhile, Baldoz stressed that the recruitment and placement of Filipino nurses to Germany by PRAs shall be in accordance with existing rules and regulations of the POEA. Likewise, she urged owners of licensed recruitment agencies to adhere to the framework of a transparent, fair, and ethical recruitment and employment of the nurses for their protection and welfare. Based on the resolution, the PRA shall not collect placement fees from applicants, but they are allowed to charge service fees from the employers. Other fees to be shouldered by the employer are for Preparatory German Language, visa, POEA processing fee, OWWA contribution, and airfare. Nurse’s compulsory insurance coverage, on other other hand, must be shouldered by the recruitment agencies. On the part of the applicants, they have to pay for their passport, medical tests, government clearances and membership with Philhealth and PAGIBIG. <a href="http://kickerdaily.com/licensed-recruiters-now-allowed-to-place-ph-nurses-germany-outside-triple-win/" rel="nofollow">Kicker Daily News</a>

DOLE secretary announced that POEA now allows PRAs to recruit, deploy and employ Filipino nurses to Germany This was made possible through a...