Short answer. Yes. Article 37 gives the Secretary of Labor and his authorised representatives power to inspect the premises, books of accounts and records of any covered entity at any time, to require regular reports on prescribed forms, and to act on violations. No notice or prior complaint is required.
What the law says
The Secretary of Labor or his duly authorized representatives may, at any time, inspect the premises, books of accounts and records of any person or entity covered by this Title, require it to submit reports regularly on prescribed forms, and act on violation of any provisions of this Title.
Labor Code, Article 37 — Power To Inspect Agencies. Read the full provision →
“At any time” means what it says
The power is not conditioned on a complaint having been filed, on suspicion of a particular violation, or on the agency being given notice. That is deliberate. Recruitment records are the kind of evidence that improves markedly if the holder knows an inspection is coming, and a power exercisable only after warning would mostly examine tidied books. The provision also reaches three separate things — the premises, the books of accounts and the records — so it covers what the office looks like as well as what its ledgers say.
Reporting is continuous, not occasional
Alongside inspection sits the power to require it to submit reports regularly on prescribed forms. This is the quieter half of the article and often the more useful one, because it means a licensed agency is generating a paper trail as a matter of course rather than only when someone comes looking. Placements, departures and vacancies are supposed to be recorded somewhere other than in the agency's own convenience. An agency that cannot produce records of your placement has a problem of its own making.
Why this matters to a worker with a complaint
It changes what you need to prove. The documents that would settle most recruitment disputes — what was collected, from whom, on what date, against which job order — sit inside the agency, and a worker has no way to reach into a filing cabinet. Article 37 means someone does. So a complaint that identifies the agency precisely, and says clearly what records would show, is doing more work than a complaint that only describes how you were treated. Point at the paper you cannot get.
What is worth naming
When you set out a complaint, name the agency as it appears on its licence, the office address where you dealt with it, the dates of each payment or interview, and any reference number on a receipt or contract. Those are the handles by which a record is found. Keep your own copies as well, because your documents and the agency's should agree, and the places where they do not are usually the substance of the case rather than a detail.