Approval of Job Fair Authority (JFA) and Its Penalty Clause

January 29, 2018POEA MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 002-18TO:All Licensed Landbased and Seabased Recruitment Agencies   SUBJECT:Approval of Job Fair Authority (JFA) and Its Penalty Clause For the purpose of clarification relative to the issued Memorandum Circular No. 5, series of 2017 dated 02 August 2017, application for and subsequent approval of a JFA can be filed and secured with any of the following POEA Offices: 1.    POEA Central Office;2.    POEA Regional Center or Regional Extension Unit (REU) under whose area of jurisdiction the agency is located; or3.    POEA Regional Center or REU under whose area of jurisdiction the Job fair will be conducted.Likewise, taking consideration the limited slots for the participation of Licensed Recruitment Agencies (LRAs) in a job fair and the corresponding expenses shouldered by the organizer, the following penalties shall be imposed to a LRA issued with a JFA but failed to appear during the activity without prior written notice given stating the reason/justification why they will no longer participate in the job fair. To have sufficient time to consider replacement, concerned LRA should submit...