What is the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration or OWWA and its benefits for OFWs in Australia?

What is the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration or OWWA and its benefits for OFWs in Australia? Credit: THANANIT / Envato

In an interview with SBS Filipino, Migrant Workers Office Canberra Officer-in-Charge Oscar David outlined the program of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration.

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Key Points

• The OWWA has been transferred under the new department called the Department of Migrant Workers from the Department of Labor and Employment.
• The mandate of the OWWA is to safeguard the welfare of Overseas Filipino Workers or OFWs as well as their families in the Philippines.
• Some of the OWWA's programs include financial and legal assistance, insurance coverage, training, and more.