THE new Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE)-issued overseas Filipino worker (OFW) ID card will first undergo a three-month pilot run before Filipino migrant workers can use it as an automated overseas employment certificate, among other benefits.

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello 3rd on Friday explained that the pilot test is necessary to ensure a hassle-free use by qualified OFWs as soon as the DoLE is able to come up with guidelines on how to avail of the ID card.

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