A public interest group has accused the Department of Labor and Employement (DoLE) and the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration of being remiss in their jobs in protecting the interest of applicants for overseas jobs from illegal recruiters.
The Lilac Center for Public Interest (Lilac) pointed this out on Tuesday, saying the DoLE and the POEA’s helplessness was evident in last week’s directive of Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello 3rd, who suspended processing of all new applications for overseas employment certificates (OECs), including those of direct-hire workers.
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