PHILIPPINES IMMIGRATION WARNED THAT NO PLACEMENT FEES CAN BE CHARGED BY RECRUITMENT AGENTS FOR FOREIGN JOBS FOR CAREGIVERS SEAFARERS DOMESTIC WORKERS BOUND FOR USA CANADA UK IRELAND AND NETHERLANDS FOR OTHERS ONLY ONE MONTH SALARY AFTER CONTRACT SIGNING WITH RECEIPT 14TH JANUARY 2014 No placement fees for overseas Filipino worker (OFW) hired as domestic workers, caregivers and seafarers, and no placement fees for OFWs heading for five countries. This was the reminder of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) on Sunday, as it reiterated its warning against recruiters violating the placement fee rules. “Fresh warning to violators of the POEA rules on placement fees. ZERO TOLERANCE, read my lips,” POEA chief Hans Leo Cacdac said on his Twitter account. He said there is no payment of placement fees for OFWs bound for: US (H2B visa) Canada United Kingdom Ireland Netherlands Placement fees for all other OFWs are allowed, but only for one months salary and only after an employment contract is signed. Cacdac also said an appropriate official receipt specifying the purpose of payment should be issued
Posted on: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 02:32:29 +0000
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