Philippines: Recruitment agency, Balmün Philippines, shut down for illegally recruiting workers to Polish factories, incl. charging extortionate fees
摘要
日期: 2024年2月14日
地點: 波蘭
企業
Balmün Philippines - Recruiter其他
Not Reported ( 職業介紹所 ) - Recruiter受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 菲律賓 , 製造業：綜合 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )議題
招聘費用回應
Response sought: 否
後續行動: DMW told the Philippine News Agency that the firm’s officers and staff would face charges of illegal recruitment committed by a syndicate, punishable by life imprisonment and fines from 2 million pesos ($35,631) to 5 million pesos ($89,000). BELMUN staff will also be added to DMW's list of individuals and establishments with derogatory records. As a result, the agency will be blacklisted from participating in any government overseas recruitment programmes.
資訊來源: News outlet
“Illegal recruitment of OFWs to Europe: Philippines job agency shut, blacklisted”
Manila: Authorities here shut down a job consultancy firm for illegally sending Filipinos to work in factories in Europe.
Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Undersecretary Bernard Olalia revealed that the firm had disguised the deployment of Filipino workers abroad as part of its “global migration training” service...
The Migrant Workers Protection Bureau (MWPB), an arm of DWM, worked with the Makati police to take action to padlock the office of BELMÜN Philippines Inc., located in Salcedo Village, Makati City, a suburb of the Philippine capital.
Authorities uncovered that the job consultancy firm had partnered with undisclosed agencies registered with the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) to facilitate the deployment of applicants to Poland.
An investigation was conducted by the Migrant Workers Office in Prague (MWO-Prague) alongside the MWPB…
DMW stated that applicants were required to pay a total fee of at least Php165,000 ($2,939) to process employment documents, visas, and referral to foreign partner agencies – but not including airfare…