We look upon with great disfavor the unsubstantiated actuations of innocence or

ignorance on the part of local recruitment agencies of acts of their foreign

principals, as if the agencies' responsibility ends with the deployment of the
worker. In the light of the recruitment agency's legally mandated joint and several
liability with the foreign employer for all claims in connection with the
implementation of the contract, it is the recruitment agency's responsibility to
ensure that the terms and conditions of the employment contract, as approved by the
POEA, are faithfully complied with and implemented properly by its foreign
client/principal. Indeed, it is in its best interest to do so to avoid being haled
to the courts or labor tribunals and defend itself from suits for acts of its
foreign principal.

SANTOSA B. DATUMAN vs.FIRST COSMOPOLITAN MANPOWER AND PROMOTION SERVICES, INC.,

G.R. No. 156029, November 14, 2008