Philippines: Govt. closes R. T. M. Maritime Consultancy Services for posing as recruitment agency & charging high recruitment fees
Résumé
Date indiquée: 7 Sep 2023
Lieu: Philippines
Entreprises
R. T. M. Maritime Consultancy Services - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: Chiffre inconnu
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Philippines , Expédition, construction navale et démantèlement de navires , Gender not reported , Undocumented migrants )Enjeux
Frais de recrutementRéponse
Response sought: Non
Mesures prises: The company was shut down by the Department of Migrant Workers which it did not have a valid license or accreditation but received and processed applications and referred these to its partner manning agency.
Type de source: News outlet
“DMW shuts down maritime firm posing as recruitment agency”
THE Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) on Thursday closed down a shipping company posing as a recruitment agency.
The DMW said the R. T. M. Maritime Consultancy Services Corp. that RTM does not have a valid license or accreditation from the department but received and processed applications and referred these to its partner manning agency.
RTM collected "consultation" fees ranging from P105,000 to as much as P140,000 from applicants who were promised fake jobs as seafarers in Dubai.
"We cannot allow these unlicensed agencies posing as 'consultancy firms' to continue offering supposedly lucrative job postings to our overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and goading them to pay excessive amounts of money. This is criminal and unconscionable," Migrant Workers Officer-in-Charge Hans Cacdac said…