(g) THE STATE RECOGNIZES THAT THE ULTIMATE PROTECTION TO
ALL MIGRANT WORKERS IS THE POSSESSION OF SKILLS. PURSUANT TO
THIS AND AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE, THE GOVERNMENT SHALL
DEPLOY AND/OR ALLOW THE DEPLOYMENT ONLY OF SKILLED FILIPINO
WORKERS.
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Sec. 2 subsection (i, 2nd par.)
Nonetheless, the deployment of Filipino overseas workers, whether land-based or seabased, by local service contractors and manning agents employing them shall be
encourages (sic). Appropriate incentives may be extended to them.
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II. ILLEGAL RECRUITMENT
SEC. 6. Definition. – For purposes of this Act, illegal recruitment shall mean 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-licensee or
non-holder of authority contemplated under Article 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 so engaged. It
shall, likewise, include the following acts, whether committed by any person, whether
a non-licensee, non-holder, licensee or holder of authority:
(a) To charge or accept directly or indirectly any amount greater than that 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 advance;
(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 misrepresentation 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 from oppressive terms and conditions of employment;