House Bill (HB) No. 9805 ang probisyon sa Labor Code at Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995 ukol sa illegal recruitment, aprubado na ng Kamara

SA BOTONG 247, inaprubahan ng Kamara sa ikatlo at pinal na pagbasa ang panukalang mas mahigpit na batas laban sa illegal recruitment sa pamamagitan na tratuhin ang sabwatan ng dalawang unlicensed recruiters bilang isang sindikato at kasuhan ng economic sabotage.

Aamyendahan ng inaprubahang House Bill (HB) No. 9805 ang probisyon sa Labor Code at Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995 ukol sa illegal recruitment.

“With President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. leading the national government and Speaker Bojie Dy at the helm of the House, our job is to make the law catch up with the way illegal recruitment actually operates. Two unlicensed recruiters working together can already destroy several families, so the protection of the law should not depend on waiting for a third conspirator,” ayon kay House Majority Leader Ferdinand Alexander “Sandro” A. Marcos.

Mananatili ang illegal recruitment in large scale kapag ang krimen ay ginawa laban sa tatlo o mahigit pang katao o grupo habang ang syndicated and large-scale illegal recruitment ay patuloy na itatrato bilang economic sabotage.

Nakapaloob sa panukala na maaaring mag-initiate ang Department of Labor and Employment o anumang law enforcement officer ng reklamo para sa illegal recruitment.

Mananatili pa rin ang malawak na depinisyon ng illegal recruitment na sumasako sa canvassing, enlisting, contracting, transporting, utilizing, hiring o procuring workers, kabilang na ang referrals, contract services at pangako o advertisements para sa overseas employment na ginawa ng walang required license o authority.

Gayundin ang pananatili ng pagbabawal sa nakagawiang kabiguan na mag-reimburse ng documentation at processing expenses kung ang hindi natuloy o nagtagumpay ang deployment na hindi kasalanan ng manggagawa.

Ang mga pagbabago ay idinisensyo upang maiwasan na magsabwatan ang maliliit na unlicensed recruitment groups at matakasan ang pananagutan sa ginawa nilang paglabag.

Ang mga author ng panukala ay kinabibilangan nina Speaker Dy, Marcos, Agimat party-list Rep. Bryan Mercado-Revilla who chairs the House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs, Cavite 2nd district Rep. Lani Mercado-Revilla, Cavite 1st district Rep. Ramon Jolo Revilla, TINGOG party-list Reps. Yedda Marie Romualdez, Andrew Julian Romualdez, and Jude Acidre,

Quezon City Rep. Ralph Wendell Tulfo, ACT-CIS party-list Rep. Jocelyn Tulfo, Davao de Oro 2nd district Rep. Leonel ‘Jhong’ Ceniza, Marinduque lone district Rep. Reynaldo Salvacion, TRABAHO party-list Rep. Johanne Monich Bautista, AKBAYAN party-list Rep. Dadah Kiram Ismula, Butuan lone district Rep. Jose ‘Joboy’ Aquino II, GABRIELA party-list Rep. Sara Jane Elago, Bulacan 6th district Rep. Salvador Pleyto, DUMPER-PTDA party-list Rep. Claudine Bautista-Lim at CIBAC party-list Rep. Bro. Euardo ‘Eddie’ Villanueva.

 (VINA de GUZMAN)