Contract Substitution or Alteration: An Act of Illegal Recruitment

Contract substitution or alteration is an act of illegal recruitment.  Section 6(i) of the Republic Act No. 8042, as amended, or the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995 provides that to substitute or alter employment contracts approved and verified by the Department of Labor and Employment from the time of actual signing thereof by the parties up to and including the period of the expiration of the same without the approval of the Department of Labor and Employment is an act of illegal recruitment.

The Supreme Court decides: The Supreme Court has reiterated that the presumption that a letter was properly delivered, based on a post office’s registry return receipt, does not apply when strong evidence suggests otherwise.

Proof of service of the assailed judgment must be clearly established to properly determine the period for filing an appeal. To this end, the registry return receipt alone will not suffice to prove service through registered mail.

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