ii. Jurisdiction in Overseas Employment Cases (RA 8042, as amended by RA 10022)

Foreign Employer

In case of a final and executory judgement against a foreign employer/principal, it shall be automatically disqualified, without further proceedings, from participating in the POEA Program and from recruiting and hiring Filipino workers until and unless it fully satisfies the judgement award. (R.A. No. 8042, Sec. 10) The former POEA program is now administered by the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW), which consolidated the POEA’s functions under R.A. No. 11641.