Ethical recruitment, and a commitment that continues after the contract.

Ethical recruitment is the foundation

Everything else on this page rests on how the recruitment itself is run. These are the controls; each one can be verified.

• Licensed process. Recruitment in the Philippines runs through Prime Search Manpower Agency Inc., Makati City, licensed by the Department of Migrant Workers — licence DMW-027-LB-11182024, searchable in the DMW's public database. The licence carries capital, bonding, inspection and disciplinary obligations; it can be suspended or revoked.
• Verified job orders. Every job order is registered with the DMW, and the employer and its employment contract are verified by the Migrant Workers Office with jurisdiction for the destination country before deployment. There are no unverified employers in the chain.
• Employer-led selection. The employer interviews and chooses. We source, pre-screen and run the trade tests; no worker is deployed to a company that has not selected that person.
• Two legal frameworks, no gap between them. Workers are employed directly by the client company under the labour law of the destination country, and deployed under the Philippine DMW framework — a verified contract, the Overseas Employment Certificate, and a Migrant Workers Office to turn to abroad. Contract substitution after departure is an offence under Philippine law; the contract signed in Manila is the contract on arrival.
• No candidate pays to be considered. No applicant pays for an interview, a trade test or a place on a shortlist.
• Zero tolerance for recruitment fraud. We publish our official channels and a standing scam warning. Anyone contacted in our name and asked for payment is asked to report it; we pursue misuse of the agency's name.

Hands Together, Hearts Forever

Our community programme in the Philippines, initiated by our co-founder Tomáš Surka. It gives regular support to children from orphanages and disadvantaged families, and it is funded by personal contributions from the founders and partners together with Prime Search Manpower Agency Inc.

The first visit reached about 75 children with school supplies, basic equipment and gifts. It is a continuing commitment, not a one-time donation. The full account is on primesearch.agency.

It sits on a page about supplier due diligence for one reason: ESG questionnaires ask what a supplier does in the communities it draws on. This is what we do, with our own funds, in the country our workers come from.

What this means for your supply chain

When you hire through us, you hire through a chain that treats workers and their communities with dignity: a licensed and inspected agency, a contract verified by two governments, direct employment under your country's law, and a standing commitment in the communities the workers come from. We are glad to document any of the above in your supplier or ESG questionnaire — send it, and we return it completed with the supporting documents.

Frequently asked questions

• Who is the legal employer of the worker?

  The client company, under the labour law of the destination country. We are never the employer. The Philippine DMW framework adds a second layer of protection around that employment; it does not replace it.

• Does any candidate pay anything to be considered?

  No. No applicant pays for an interview, a trade test or a place on a shortlist. Anyone asked for payment in our name is dealing with fraud, and we ask them to report it through the channels on our scam-warning page.

• Which laws and standards govern the process?

  On the Philippine side: Republic Act 11641 (Department of Migrant Workers), Republic Act 8042 as amended by Republic Act 10022 (Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act) and the Labor Code ban on direct hiring. On the destination side: the labour and immigration law of the country where the worker is employed. Personal data is processed under the GDPR with SURKA Group s.r.o. as controller.

• Can you complete our supplier code of conduct or ESG questionnaire?

  Yes. We return it completed and attach the evidence behind each answer: the DMW licence, the Migrant Workers Office verification of your company, the DMW job-order approval, the verified employment-contract template and, per worker, the Overseas Employment Certificate.

• Is Hands Together, Hearts Forever a one-off?

  No. It is a continuing programme of regular support for children from orphanages and disadvantaged families in the Philippines, funded by personal contributions from the founders and partners together with Prime Search Manpower Agency Inc.