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WHAT IS ILLEGAL RECRUITMENT

Any act of canvassing, enlisting, contracting, transporting, utilizing, hiring or procuring workers and includes referring, contract services, promising or advertising for employment abroad, whether for profit or not, when undertaken by a non-license or non-holder of authority contemplated under Art 13 (F) of Presidential Decree nO. 442, as amended otherwise known as the Labor Code of the Philippines: Provided, that any such non-licensee or non-holder who, in any manner, offers or promises for a fee employment abroad to two or more persons shall be deemed engaged. ( Sec. 6, RA 8042).

It shall likewise include the following acts, whether committed by any persons, whether a non-licensee, non-holder, licensee or holder of authority.

a) To charge or accept directly or indirectly any amount greater than the specified in the schedule of allowable fees prescribed by the Secretary of Labor and Employment, or to make a worker pay any amount greater than that actually received by him as a loan or advanced;

b) To furnish or publish any false notice or information or document in relation to recruitment or employment;

c) To give any false notice, testimony, information or document or commit any act of misinterpretation for the purpose of securing a license or authority under the Labor Code;

d) To induce or attempt to induce a worker already employed to quit his employment in order to offer him another unless the transfer is designed to liberate a worker form oppressive terms and conditions of employment;

e) To influence or attempt to influence any persons or entity not to employ any worker who has not applied for employment through his agency;

f) To engage in the recruitment of placement of workers in jobs harmful to public health or morality or to dignity of the Republic of the Philippines;

g) To obstruct or attempt to obstruct inspection by the Secretary of Labor and Employment or by his duly authorized representative;


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