Reintegration programs for displaced overseas Filipino workers and the prospects of their deployment are among the topics that the Senate Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development will be tackling in its upcoming hearing on Tuesday, according to Senator Joel Villanueva.
Villanueva, who chairs the committee, said he would like to know the plan of Department of Labor and Employment its plans to help OFWs reintegrate in the domestic labor market as demand for workers overseas continue to plummet over the global economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
He said that while the repatriation of OFWs continue, reintegration strategies should be simultaneously implemented so they have alternative means of livelihood.
Just recently, OWWA has been granted an additional P5 billion budget to ensure that repatriation efforts and assistance are uninterrupted.
The lawmaker also intends to ask the IATF, DOH and DOLE on their plans to assist OFWs whose deployments were suspended.