Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act
Section 3. Other Prohibited Acts. In addition to the acts enumerated above, it shall also be unlawful for any person or entity to commit the following prohibited acts:
a. Grant a loan to an OFW with interest exceeding eight (8%) percent per annum, which will be used for payment of legal and allowable placement fees and make the migrant worker issue, either personally or through a guarantor or accommodation party, postdated checks in relation to the said loan;
b. Impose a compulsory and exclusive arrangement whereby an OFW is required to avail of a loan only from specifically designated institutions, entities, or persons;
c. Refuse to condone or renegotiate a loan incurred by an OFW after the latter's employment contract has been prematurely terminated through no fault of his / her own;
d. Impose a compulsory an exclusive arrangement whereby an OFW is required to undergo health examinations only from specifically designated medical clinics, institutions, entities or persons, except in the case of a seafarer whose medical examination cost is shouldered by the principal/shipowner;
e. Impose a compulsory and exclusive arrangement whereby an OFW is required to undergo training, seminar, instruction or schooling of any kind only from specifically designated institutions, entities or persons, except for recommendatory training mandated by principals/shipowners where the latter shoulder the cost of such trainings;
f. For a suspended recruitment/manning agency to engage in any kind of recruitment activity including the processing of pending workers' applications;
g. For a recruitment/manning agency or a foreign principal/employer to pass-on to the OFW or deduct from his/her salary the payment of the cost of insurance fees, premium or other insurance related charges, as provided under the compulsory worker's insurance coverage.