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i. Employment Agency vs. Recruitment Entity
Private Employment Agency (PEA) v. Private Recruitment Entity (PRE) [Art. 13 (c), (e)]
| Private Employment Agency | Private Recruitment Entity | |
| Definition | 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 | Any person or association engaged in the recruitment and placement of workers, locally or overseas, without charging, directly or indirectly, any fee |
| Requirement | License | Authority |
Conditions for a valid outsourcing
- Motivated by good faith; and
- Must not have been resorted to circumvent the law and must not have been the result of malicious or arbitrary action (Manila Electric v. Quisumbing, G.R. No. 127598, 1999; Bankard v.NLRC, G.R. No. 171664, 2013)