5/3/2021 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly Their argument is far from persuasive. Surely, they cannot expect us to utilize their non-compliance with the POEA Rules and Regulations as a basis in absolving them. To do so would be tantamount to giving premium to acts done in violation of established rules. At most, private respondents' act of deploying petitioner to Singapore without complying with the POEA requirements only made them susceptible to cancellation or suspension of license as provided by Section 2, Rule I, Book VI of POEA Rules and Regulations: SEC. 2. Grounds for suspension/cancellation of license. m. Deploying workers whose employment and travel documents were not processed by the Administration; n. Deploying workers workers or seafarers to vessels or principals not accredited by the Administration; But of course, such violations should be threshed out in a proper administrative proceeding for suspension or cancellation of license. Meantime, we just uphold POEA's Decision holding private respondents and Travelers Insurance Corporation jointly and severally liable to petitioner. Section 2 (e), Rule V, Book I of the Omnibus Rules Implementing the Labor Code requires a private employment agency to assume all responsibilities for the implementation of the contract of employment of an overseas worker.[26] This provision is substantially reiterated in Section 1 (f) (3) of Rule II, Book II of the POEA Rules and Regulations which provides: "Section 1. Requirements for Issuance of License - Every applicant for license to operate a private employment agency or manning agency shall submit a written application together with the following requirements: x x x x x x f) a verified undertaking stating that the applicant: xxx (3) shall assume joint and solidary liability with the employer which may arise in connection with the implementation of the contract, including but not limited to payment of wages, health and disability compensation and repatriation. With respect to private respondents' surety, its liability is founded on Section 4, Rule II, Book II of the POEA Rules and Regulations. Cash and surety bonds are required by the POEA from recruitment and employment companies precisely as a means of ensuring https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/52737 8/11