Section 38Sec./Art. 38

Allotment and Remittances of Wages. - The seafarer is required to make an allotment which shall be payable once a month to the seafarer's designated allottee in the Philippines through any authorized Philippine bank. The employer shall provide the seafarer with facilities to do so at no expense to the seafarer. The allotment shall be at least eighty percent (80%) of the seafarer's monthly salary.

The employer may also provide facilities for the seafarer to remit, without any charge, any amount earned in excess of the seafarer's allotment, including backwages, if any, to the seafarer's allotment, including backwages, if any, to the seafarer's designated allottee in the Philippines through any authorized Philippine bank.

The allotments shall be paid to the designated allottee in Philippine currency at the rate of exchange at the time of remittance indicated in the credit advice of the local authorized Philippine bank.