Practice question
A duly licensed overseas recruitment agency knowingly publishes a false recruitment notice concerning nonexistent jobs. May its license alone defeat an illegal recruitment charge based on publishing false recruitment information?
- Yes, only unlicensed persons can commit any illegal recruitment offense
- No, furnishing or publishing false recruitment information is an enumerated prohibited act applicable to licensees as well
- Yes, unless the false notice attracts three applicants
- Yes, because a false notice can be addressed only through contract law
- No, but only after every applicant has departed
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2010/ra_10022_2010.html — RA 10022 section 5, amending RA 8042 section 6.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2023/feb2023/gr_257675_2023.html — People v. Ramos and Ojastro, GR 257675, February 13, 2023, main decision.
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