AGAINST RECRUITMENT AGENCIES

For violation of recruitment laws, rules and regulations
• overcharging of placement fee
• pre-mature collection of placement fee
• misrepresentation
• withholding of travel documents
• failure to deploy without valid reason
• failure to reimburse documentation expenses when deployment did not take place without the worker’s fault
• substitution and alteration of employment contract

Where to get legal assistance:

Legal Assistance Division
POEA head office or any POEA Regional Office
 

AGAINST A FELLOW WORKER

For offenses while working overseas
• misappropriation of property or money of fellow worker entrusted for delivery
• creating trouble
• theft/robbery
• possession of deadly weapon
• drunkenness
• drug addiction, etc.

Where to get legal assistance:

Legal Assistance Division
POEA head office
 

AGAINST FOREIGN EMPLOYERS

• Defaulting on their contractual obligation to the workers
• Violation of rules and regulations on overseas employment
• Grave misconduct

Where to get legal assistance:

Legal Assistance Division
POEA head office
Philippine Embassy or Consulate nearest the jobsite of the worker
 

AGAINST RECRUITMENT AGENCY AND FOREIGN EMPLOYERS

• Money claims arising from employer-employee relationship such
as unpaid wages, breach of contract and illegal dismissal

Where to get legal assistance:

Migrant Worker’s Desk
National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC)
NLRC Regional Offices where the complainant resides