Practice question
An intermediary promises two jobseekers employment in return for a placement fee. Which statutory rule most directly applies to that promise?
- It is outside recruitment until an employment contract is signed
- It falls within the proviso deeming a person offering or promising employment for a fee to two or more persons engaged in recruitment and placement
- It is excluded because only employers may promise employment
- It becomes recruitment only after the fee is fully paid
- It is excluded unless the promised work is abroad
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1974/pd_442_1974.html — Labor Code, Article 13(b), recruitment and placement.
- https://www.lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1986/jul1986/gr_l-58674_1986.html — People v. Panis, GR Nos. L-58674-77, July 11, 1986, main decision, Article 13(b) proviso.
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