The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has finally canceled the license of erring Steadfast International Recruitment Corporation for numerous recruitment violations.
Last year, Bantay OCW ran a story of at least 40 complaints against Steadfast agency. The agency reportedly promises quick overseas employment to applicants then demands P30,000 to P50,000 in processing fees. The applicant then waits, and waits and waits. Some have been waiting for years but have not been deployed overseas as the agency promised.
Complaints came in from applicants promised jobs as waiters and waitresses in Singapore, nursing assistants in Taiwan, computer professionals in Qatar, and caregivers in Cyprus. The job offers did not come with a Philippine Overseas Employment Administration job orders because these were allegedly “direct hire” jobs. Most of them were recruited through the online posts of Steadfast agency in www.workabroad.ph.
Last month, POEA reported that they had canceled the licenses of 21 recruitment agencies and suspended 12 others from January to May 2012. Surprisingly with all the cases filed against Steadfast agency since last year, it was not on the list. But after a week, Bantay OCW confirmed from POEA that its license had already been canceled on
May 25, 2012.
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