Definition of Terms

Recruitment and placement

Any act of canvassing, enlisting, contracting, transporting, utilizing, hiring or procuring workers, and includes referrals, contract services, promising or advertising for employment, locally or abroad, whether for profit or not: Provided, That any person or entity which, in any manner, offers or promises for a fee, employment to two or more persons shall be deemed engaged in recruitment and placement.

Private Employment Agency

Any person, partnership or corporation engaged in the recruitment and placement of workers for a fee which is charged, directly or indirectly, from the workers or employees or both.

Private fee-charging employment agency

Any person or entity engaged in recruitment and placement of workers for a fee which is charged, directly or indirectly, from the workers or employers or both.

Principal

Any foreign person, partnership or corporation hiring Filipino workers through an agency.

Placement Fee

The amount charged by a private employment agency from a worker for its services in securing employment.