Re:

Outline of Maritime-related Labor Laws and Issuances

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Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Department Order No.

130, Series of 2013
Rules and regulations which provide Maritime Labor Standards to
ensure the protection and welfare of seafarers employed onboard
Philippine registered ships engaged in International Voyage.
Executive Order No. 75, Series of 2012
The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC)
through the MARINA shall exercise oversight and supervision over
compliance with all qualification requirements and conditions under
the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification
and Watchkeeping (STCW Convention), as amended, relating to
maritime education, training and certification, subject to existing
and applicable laws.
POEA Memorandum Circular No. 10, Series of 2010
Provides the standard terms and conditions governing the overseas
employment of Filipino seafarers on-board ocean-going ships
POEA Rules and Regulations Governing the Recruitment and
Employment of Seafarers, 2003
To pursue, with the active participation of the private sector, the
creation of an environment conducive to maritime employment in
order to maximize opportunities for employment generation,
facilitation, enhancement and preservation.
Maritime Labour Convention 2006
Desiring to create a single, coherent instrument embodying as far
as possible all up-to-date standards of existing international
maritime labor Conventions and Recommendations, as well as the
fundamental principles to be found in other international labor
Conventions
MARINA Memorandum Circular No. 137
To ensure that all Philippine-registered ships are properly manned
by qualified and licensed officers and crew that can safely operate
the ships at all times in accordance with the following provisions.
DOLE Department Order No. 127, Series of 2013 on ConciliationMediation of Labor Disputes in the Overseas Shipmanning Industry
Any dispute arising after the seafarer has signed off from the ship
shall be submitted by the aggrieved party to the POEA for
mandatory conciliation-mediation pursuant to RA 10396 and the
DOLE regulations governing the Single Entry Approach System.