Is false recruitment illegal?

If an employer publishes false recruitment advertisements, seeks illegitimate interests or engages in other illegal activities in the name of recruitment, it shall be ordered to make corrections according to law and may also be fined. Those who engage in professional intermediary activities without permission shall be banned, their illegal income shall be confiscated and they shall be fined according to law; Those who provide false recruitment information and provide employment intermediary services for employers without legal licenses shall be ordered to make corrections, confiscate their illegal income and impose a fine. If the circumstances are serious, their human resources service licenses shall be revoked. Those who detain workers' resident identity cards and other documents and collect deposits from workers in the name of guarantee shall be ordered to return them within a time limit and be punished according to law. All kinds of employers, human resources service agencies and Internet recruitment platforms that violate the legitimate rights and interests of workers and cause property losses or other damages shall bear civil liability according to law. If the case constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law. The recruitment information such as the basic information of the unit, the number of recruits, the recruitment conditions, the work content, the work place and the basic labor remuneration issued by the employer or provided to the human resources service institution shall be true and legal. If the published recruitment information is untrue or illegal, the administrative department of human resources and social security shall order it to make corrections and may impose a fine of 1000 yuan; Illegal income, confiscate the illegal income; If the circumstances are serious, the human resources service license shall be revoked; Those who cause damage to individuals shall bear civil liability according to law. Violation of other laws and administrative regulations shall be punished by the relevant competent departments according to law.

False recruitment is different from illegal recruitment. Illegal recruitment often requires different amounts of fees to join the job. Due to the publicity of the recruitment website and the influence of public opinion, job seekers can know in advance. Fake recruitment, because job seekers don't know the real recruitment situation of employers, they often find themselves cheated after submitting resumes or even interviews, which wastes many great opportunities.

Legal basis: Article 287 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) commits financial fraud, theft, corruption, misappropriation of public funds, theft of state secrets or other crimes by computer, and shall be convicted and punished in accordance with the relevant provisions of this Law.