Global Mobility, Manning & Overseas Employment
The Philippines is one of the world's largest sources of seafarers and skilled workers — and the regulatory chain that moves them is dense: DMW licensing and accreditation, POEA-standard employment contracts, placement-fee ceilings, OWWA welfare, and repatriation duties. We partner with land-based recruitment agencies, manning and crewing agencies, and foreign employers of OFWs to run that chain compliantly: obtaining and renewing licenses, structuring lawful placement-fee arrangements, drafting contracts that survive deployment, managing welfare and repatriation obligations, and resolving claims when things go wrong. We also defend the hardest cases — illegal-recruitment and trafficking allegations — where an agency's license, and its principals' liberty, are on the line.
Focus areas
- DMW licensing, accreditation, and branch compliance
- Manning and crewing / POEA-standard contracts
- Placement-fee regulation and lawful recruitment terms
- OWWA welfare, repatriation, and claims
- Foreign-employer and foreign-principal arrangements
- Illegal-recruitment and trafficking defense
Insights for global mobility, manning & overseas employment
Recruitment fees rules in the Philippines: what licensed agencies may charge, what counts as illegal recruitment, and how overseas Filipino workers can recover.
A manning agency license in the Philippines is issued by the DMW Secretary to recruit and place seafarers. Here is what the law requires and how the process works.
What terms must a seafarer employment contract in the Philippines contain? Learn the DMW rules on Department-approved contracts, manning agencies, and more.
Who is criminally and civilly liable for illegal recruitment in the Philippines? Learn how RA 10022 holds agency officers, principals and agents accountable.
A recruitment agency branch license in the Philippines requires separate DMW authority before operating outside your registered address. Here is how it works.
An employment contract in the Philippines with a foreign employer must follow Philippine labor rules on recruitment, wages, and deployment. Here is how.