An advocacy group has asked Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III to investigate a Hong Kong company with a registered capital of 10,000 shares worth only HK$100 was able to clinch a five-year contract with the Philippine Overseas Labor Office to establish and provide an online system for contract submission, processing, credentialing, welfare protection, and data storage.
The new online system will replace one that has been in place for 11 years and which has provided OFWs, employers, and accredited employment agencies data and information on POLO programs, projects, and services on real-time.
To pave the way for the new system, the POLO in Hong Kong, on Dec. 5, 2018 terminated the Service Agreement with EmployEasy Ltd., now Employeasy Group Ltd., the provider of the current online system, effective Dec. 30, 2018.
POLO Hong Kong Labor Attache Jalilo Dela Torre informed Employeasy that the POLO “intends to accept applications for the improvement of the current system” and “will soon make an announcement as to the minimum system capabilities requirements.”