Illegal Recruitment FAQS

Are you a victim of illegal recruitment? 

The following are considered acts of illegal recruitment as defined by RA 8042 and are basis for filing illegal recruitment cases:

• Recruiting and  charging or accepting fees without proper license or authority to recruit.
• Furnishing  or publishing any false notice or information or document in relation to recruitment or employment.
• Giving  any false notice, testimony, information or document or committing any act of misrepresentation for the purpose of securing license or authority under the Philippine Labor Code
• Inducing or attempting  to induce a worker already employed to quit his employment in order to offer him  to another.
• Influencing or attempting to influence any person or entity not to employ any worker  who has not applied for employment through his agency.
• Recruiting workers in jobs harmful to public health or morality or to the dignity of the Republic of the Philippines
• Obstructing or attempting to obstruct inspection by the Secretary of Labor and Employment or by his duly authorized representative
• Substituting or altering to the prejudice of the worker, employment contracts approved and verified by the Department of Labor and  Employment (DOLE) from the time of actual signing thereof by the parties up to and including  the period of the expiration of the same without  the approval of the DOLE. 
• Withholding or denying travel documents from applicant workers before departure  for monetary or financial considerations other than  those authorized under the labor code
• Failure to actually deploy worker(s) without valid reasons as determined by the Department of Labor and Employment
• Failure to reimburse expenses incurred by the worker in connection with his documentation and processing for purposes of deployment, in cases where the deployment does not actually take place without the worker’s fault.

File your complaints at:
Legal Assistance Division
Anti-Illegal Recruitment Branch, 4th Floor, POEA Building or the nearest POEA/DOLE regional office;   NBI, PNP, Police Authorities in your area