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 Office where the complainant resides