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| RCEIGN office being sealed off by DMW agents |
An unlicensed employment agency that recruits workers for abroad, including Hong Kong, was recently shut down by the Department of Migrant Workers over its illegal job offers.
Three women identified as being behind the operation of RCREIGN International Manpower Agency located in Cubao, Quezon City, were arrested. They were identified as Anne Marie Gladys Guevarra, Kristine Mae B. Abaygar, and Ma. Kristina Corpuz.
Among those offerered by the group were domestic worker jobs in Hong Kong, for which each applicant was made to pay a processing fee of Php35,000, the equivalent of the promised monthly salary. This, said the DMW, violates the no-placement fee policy for all overseas Filipino workers.
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For domestic workers bound for Qatar no fee was charged, but applicants were told they would be paid only the equivalent of Php23,000 a month, which is below the USD500 minimum salary set by DMW.
Worse, the company did not have a license to recruit Filipino workers for any job abroad, said the DMW in its press statement.
The closure order came after DMW learned that RCREIGN was also recruiting low-skilled workers for such jobs as kitchen assistant, housekeeping, and skilled workers like marine HVAC technician, plumber and air duct installer for Greece.
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The salary offered was according to the position being applied for. However, each Greece-bound worker was asked to pay a whopping Php375,000 as processing fee.
The DMW statement did not say how many job applicants, if any, had been victimized by the unlicensed agency.
DMW assured that all those behind the illegal operation of RCREIGN would be charged with illegal recruitment. In addition, RCREIGN and all those responsible for operating it will be included in the DMW List of Persons and Entities with Derogatory Records which means they will no longer be able to operate or run a recruitment agency.
All the victims of RCREIGN are encouraged to contact the Migrant Workers Protection Bureau through this link: https://www.facebook.com/dmwairtip so they can be given free legal assistance.
