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Practice question: Employment Agency vs. Recruitment Entity

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Practice question

A nonprofit local placement association invoices employers for recruitment services to recover operating costs. Does the absence of profit alone establish that it receives no recruitment fee?
  1. Yes, every association is automatically fee-free
  2. Yes, nonprofits can never charge fees
  3. Yes, cost recovery is always unrelated to recruitment
  4. Yes, incorporation replaces the statutory definition
  5. No

Legal references

  • Labor Code, Articles 13 and 29: https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1974/pd_442_1974.html
  • DOLE Department Order No. 216-20, Articles II-III and VIII-IX, signed October 27, 2020, printed pages 5-8 and 14-17: https://batangmalaya.ph/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/DOLE-Department-Order-No.-216-Series-of-2020-min-1-with-cover.pdf

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