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Practice question: Entities Prohibited from Overseas Recruitment

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

Under the 2023 landbased rules, may a foreign principal own or participate in managing a licensed Philippine recruitment agency?
  1. Yes, if the principal supplies all job orders.
  2. Yes, if workers agree.
  3. No; a foreign principal is expressly disqualified from that ownership or management participation.
  4. Yes, if no placement fee is collected.
  5. Only if it calls the investment welfare assistance.

Legal references

  • 2023 DMW landbased Rules, Department Circular 01 s.2023, specified section: https://dmw.gov.ph/archives/v1/resources/dsms/DMW/ISN-EXT/2023/DMW-DC-01-2023.pdf — Part II Rule I Section 3; Labor Code Articles 18,26,29,34–35, official DOLE text: https://dole.gov.ph/book-1-pre-employment/ — Article 26.

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