Employment Bond on Intracompany Hiring Abroad

Greetings AttyLLL,

Gusto ko pong itanong atty kung considered AWOL ako kahit nagpasa ako ng resignation 3o days notice thru email?

Ako po yung employee na humingi sa inyo ng advise last month na employed po ako sa isang company na pinadala ko sa china for work for 2 years. tourist po ang labas po namin for a special mission lng daw po pero we are actually working like carabaos, and we have a bad mouthing manager na sagad hanggang buto manghiya sa aming mga pilipino na nagtratrabaho dito.
Kaya after 2 years of working sa china, ay nagfile n kaagad ako ng resignation thru email. 30 days ang notice ko pero actually po hindi na ko pumapasok since day 1 pa lang after i sent my email of resignation. now they are threatening me na idedemanda po nila ako dhil ayon po sa contract may additional 1 year of service p daw ako n dapat irender after china kung ayaw ko daw po they will demand the 100k bond. valid p po ba ung employment bond ko kahit na illegitimate OFW naman ako ? AWOL pa rin po b ako na maituturing? may habol po ba ang employer ko sa liquidating damages?

Patulong naman po Atty. please...thanks

are you back home in the philippines? you cannot prevent them from claiming from you. technically you did go go on awol because you did not render service during the notice period.

i recommend you go to poea and file a complaint against your company. this seems to be a an illegal recruitment scheme intended to bypass the migrant workers act.

Thank you so much atty. Paano po kung wala ako maibabayad dun sa 100k bond na gusto nila dahil sa nag AWOL ako? i am so unhappy and demoralized working for them.
1. pwede ba nila makuha yung kinuha ko na educational plan n nakuha ko pa 3 years ago? Hindi na rin po ako magpapakita sa kanila sana kasi gusto nila kunin yung passport ko dahil sila daw and nagbayad nun para sa renewal ng passport pati na din china visa pero ayaw ko po ito ibigay sana sa kanila,
2. pwede po ba nila iyon makuha (passport)?

resist their attempt to get your passport. they can file a collection case against you, but will have an opportunity to refute their claim

Thank you very much again Atty. God bless you po and this website.