HB 4266
House·20th Congress·Filed Sep 1, 2025
An Act Redefining the Crime of Illegal Recruitment Committed by a Syndicate, Amending for the Purpose Presidential Decree No. 442, Otherwise Known as the Labor Code of the Philippines, as Amended, and Republic Act No. 8042, Otherwise Known as the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995, as Amended
In plain language
The bill makes it easier to prosecute illegal recruitment groups by treating two unlicensed recruiters as a syndicate and classifies large‑scale recruitment as economic sabotage, giving the labor department power to shut down illegal agencies.
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