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A private recruitment agency in Iloilo City, MetroLink Overseas, signs an overseas placement arrangement with two Filipino applicants, Alyssa Santos and Jomar Reyes, to be deployed to Sunrise Hospitality Ltd. in Saudi Arabia. MetroLink has never obtained a POEA license. It collects processing and placement fees of PHP 50,000 from Alyssa and PHP 65,000 from Jomar and signs the overseas employment contracts with Sunrise on their behalf. Sunrise later cancels the job offers. Alyssa and Jomar seek restitution of the fees and damages. (a)Identify the controlling doctrine governing license or authority requirements for overseas employment under RA 8042. (b)Distinguish the consequences of recruiting without a license on (i) the validity of recruitment contracts, and (ii) the enforceability of the workers’ overseas employment. (c)Apply to the facts: Are Alyssa and Jomar entitled to recover the fees? Is MetroLink criminally liable for illegal recruitment, and what is the likely liability of Sunrise Hospitality Ltd. (the foreign employer) in connection with MetroLink’s actions, considering whether Sunrise knew or should have known that MetroLink lacked a POEA license?

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The workers may recover the fees only from MetroLink and Sunrise is never liable because liability cannot transfer from the recruiter to the foreign employer. Sunrise Hospitality Ltd. is automatically liable for illegal recruitment regardless of Sunrise's knowledge or involvement; knowledge is irrelevant once an unlicensed recruiter is used. No license, no recruitment doctrine: recruitment without a POEA license is illegal and the recruitment contract and overseas employment arrangement are void and unenforceable; the workers are entitled to recover the fees paid; the recruitment agency is criminally liable for illegal recruitment; the foreign employer is liable for knowingly engaging an unlicensed recruiter. The license requirement applies only to domestic placement; overseas recruitment is permitted if the foreign employer signs the contract directly, so the workers cannot recover fees.

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