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Labor Code · Recruitment and Placement of Workers · Chapter I – General Provisions

Article 20

National Seamen Board

Not amended

(a) A National Seamen Board is hereby created which shall develop and maintain a comprehensive program for Filipino seamen employed overseas. It shall have the power and duty:

1.

To provide free placement services for seamen;

2. To regulate and supervise the activities of agents or representatives of shipping companies in the hiring of seamen for overseas employment and secure the best possible terms of employment for contract seamen workers and secure compliance therewith; 3.

To maintain a complete registry of all Filipino seamen.

(b) The Board shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction over all matters or cases including money claims, involving employer-employee relations, arising out of or by virtue of any law or contracts involving Filipino seamen for overseas employment. The decisions of the Board shall be appealable to the National Labor Relations Commission upon the same grounds provided in Article 22320 hereof. The decisions of the National Labor Relations Commission shall be final and unappealable.

Editor’s notes from DOLE (1)

The functions of the National Seamen Board are now being undertaken by the POEA pursuant to E.O. No. 797. Under R.A. No. 8042 (1995), jurisdiction over employer-employee relations cases has been transferred to the NLRC.

Text and numbering follow the Department of Labor and Employment's 2022 edition of Presidential Decree No. 442, as amended and renumbered under DOLE Department Advisory No. 01, series of 2015. Former article numbers are shown in brackets. Notes are DOLE's editorial notes. Amendments after that edition are not included. For information and research only, and not legal advice. For certified copies, refer to the Official Gazette or the issuing agency.