produce the amount on their own, the workers were referred to a financing company that granted them the necessary loan. When the workers arrived in Taiwan, the recruitment agency confiscated their travel documents, including passports. They were made to sign another contract that provided for wages based on piece-rate instead of a fixed monthly salary. Eventually, the workers defaulted on their loan obligations with the financing company owing to a take home pay that is less than the fixed salary provided in the original contract. When the workers filed a complaint against their employers before a local court in Taiwan, the employer ordered their return to the Philippines as it was no longer interested in their services. In the case of “Princess Talent Center Production, Inc., vs. Masagca”,57 G.R. No. 191310, April 11, 2018, the overseas worker was persuaded to apply for a job as a singer/entertainer in South Korea. An employment contract was drawn providing a minimum compensation of US$600.00 minus the authorized fees of the Philippine Agent and the Talent Manager which was deducted from the worker’s salary at US$100 each good for three (3) months only. But for nine (9) months, the worker worked without receiving any salary. She subsisted on the 20% commission she received for every lady’s drink the customers ordered for her, 50% of which was remitted to the respondent for payment of a fictitious loan amounting to US$10,600.00. When the overseas worker refused to surrender the 50% of her commission to the respondent, her stay in South Korea was questioned and charges of committing immoral and illegal acts were brought against her. MS58 on the other hand, was a trafficking victim assisted by a group of pro bono lawyers in the USA and when the case reached Philippine soil, the overseas worker was assisted by the Lawyers Beyond Borders Philippines, Inc. Her story began when she responded to an electronic advertisement for people to work in the United States. After all arrangements have been made, the overseas worker signed an employment contract to work as packer in the United States. The fees she was required to pay include PhP25,000.00 (approx. US$571.00) for pre-visa consultations and PhP350,000.00 (approx. US$8,000.00) for the job opportunity and airfare. The contract stipulated that the overseas worker would receive a paid airplane ticket, a salary of US$1,400.00 per month, and free food and housing for six (6) months. She paid the pre-visa fee with savings from her previous overseas work in Taiwan. After receiving her H2B visa from the US Embassy, the overseas worker took a loan covered by post-dated checks with a co-signatory, to fully pay her financial obligations to the placement agency. In the United States, the placement agency did not make good its promise based on the employment contract. After months of being unemployed, she was given work as a hotel maid with a salary far less than the promised amount in the original contract. Meanwhile, interests to the loan accumulated because of the overseas worker’s failure to fund the checks she issued with her co-signatory. Warrants of arrest were issued and her co-maker was arrested, and a standing warrant was issued against the overseas worker that prevented her from coming back to the Philippines. With the intercession of LBB Philippines, the criminal case against RM was dismissed when she made an arrangement with the credit company for a longer repayment terms. 57 58 G. R. 191310, April 11, 2018 not her real name 30