Philippine job agencies cheating women with illegal fees and crippling loans
要約
Date Reported: 2023年6月27日
場所: 香港
企業
A&W International Manpower Services - Recruiter , Prosperity and Success Lending Investor Corporation - Other Value Chain Entityその他
Not Reported ( Sector not reported/applicable ) - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( 1 - フィリピン - Sector unknown , Gender not reported )課題
Withholding Passports , 威嚇及び脅迫 , 採用費 , Dismissal回答
Response sought: Yes, by The Guardian
External link to response: (Find out more)
取られた措置: Neither Prosperity & Success nor A&W responded to request for comment. NGO Migrasia was supporting workers to file complaints from workers with Philippines Govt. entities.
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
要約
Date Reported: 2023年6月27日
場所: 香港
企業
Rapid Manpower Consultants - Recruiter , Hoya Lending Investor Corporation - Other Value Chain Entityその他
Not Reported ( Sector not reported/applicable ) - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - フィリピン - Sector unknown , Gender not reported )課題
採用費 , 威嚇及び脅迫 , Dismissal , Withholding Passports , Harassment (other than sexual)回答
Response sought: Yes, by The Guardian
取られた措置: The companies did not respond to the Guardian request for comment.
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
Employment agencies and money-lending companies in the Philippines are cheating women applying for jobs abroad out of thousands of pounds…
Recruiters take applicants … to financial firms they have links with to take out loans to pay the fees, which come with interest rates often exceeding 130%...
Merry Criz Renayong … said she was told by the recruitment agency Rapid Manpower Consultants that she needed to pay $1,200 in medical and training fees when she applied for a job in Hong Kong in 2019.
When she said she could not afford to pay the fees, she said she was taken to the nearby offices of Hoya Lending Investor Corporation, where she signed a loan agreement. But she said: “I was not allowed to take a photo of the contract.”…
When Annabelle Gutierrez…applied for a job in Hong Kong through A&W International Manpower Services, she was informed she needed to take out a loan with Prosperity & Success Lending Investor Corporation…
Hoya Lending and Prosperity & Success declined to comment. Rapid Manpower and A&W did not respond to repeated requests for comment and neither did the Philippine SEC. The Department of Migrant Workers said it would provide a comment, but none has been received…