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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 for two or more
persons shall be deemed so engaged. It shall likewise include the
following acts, whether committed by any person, whether a nonlicensee, 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;
(e) To influence or attempt to influence any person or entity not to employ
any worker who has not applied for employment through his agency;
(f) To engage in the recruitment or placement of workers in jobs harmful to
public health or morality or to the 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;
(h) To fail to submit reports on the status of employment, placement
vacancies, remittance of foreign exchange earnings, separation from jobs,
departures and such other matters or information as may be required by the
Secretary of Labor and Employment;
(i) To substitute or alter to the prejudice of the worker, employment
contracts approved and verified by the Department of Labor and
Employment 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 Department of Labor and Employment;
(j) For an officer or agent of a recruitment or placement agency to become
an officer or member of the Board of any corporation engaged in travel
agency or to be engaged directly or indirectly in the management of a travel
agency;
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