Contractuals

By: Jhoanna Ballaran, INQUIRER.net, Jul 20, 2017 The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Thursday ordered Philippine Long Distance Telephone Inc. (PLDT) to immediately regularize its nearly 9,000 contractual employees.

By Eimor P. Santos, CNN Philippines, Jul 5, 2017 Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, July 4) — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has admitted it failed to end contractualization within President Rodrigo Duterte’s first year in office, pointing out the lack of manpower to do so.

BY WILLIAM B. DEPASUPI, THE MANILA TIMES, JUL 3, 2017 THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) aims to regularize around two million contractual workers by 2022 when the term of office of President Rodrigo Duterte ends.

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By Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), Jun 26, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) yesterday reported that close to 70,000 workers employed under so-called “end of contract” (endo) scheme have been regularized almost a year under the Duterte presidency.

Cruz Marcelo & Tenefrancia, Jun 23, 2017 On 13 June 2017, the Department of Labor and Employment (“DOLE”) issued Department Circular No. 01, Series of 2017 (“D.C. No. 1”) clarifying the scope and application of Department Order No. 174, Series of 2017 (“D.O. No. 174”), otherwise known as the Rules Implementing Articles 106 to 109…

Amicus Curiae and Kyna C. Pasamba, Businessworld, Jun 22,2017 With the advent of Department Order No. 174, Series of 2017, or the new rules implementing Articles 106 to 109 of the Labor Code, as amended, the question now lies on the applicability or non-applicability of the rules to different types of persons or entities in…

by Raynan F. Javil, Businessworld, May 30, 2017 THE security of tenure of workers is “not an absolute right,” the Employer’s Confederation of the Philippines (ECoP) said, noting that businesses also have a right to pursue a reasonable return on investment.

Temporary hiring blamed for sluggish consumer demand by Yoshiaki Nohara, Bloomberg, May 1, 2017 Japan’s tightest labor market in decades shows signs of reversing a long shift toward the hiring of temporary workers. The number of full-time, permanent workers is rising for the first time since the global financial crisis, outpacing growth in temporary jobs…

By Tina G. Santos, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Apr 19, 2017 Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. PLDT) and Philippine Airlines (PAL) have been violating various labor standards, particularly in relation to the contractualization of its employees, according to Labor Secretary Bello III.

By Ariel Nepomuceno, Businessmirror, Apr 5, 2017 WORKERS, young and old, organized and unorganized, woke up on March 16 and found out that Labor Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III finally issued Department Order (DO) 174, which totally bans labor-only contracting, halting “end of contract regimes” and providing mechanisms to strictly regulate various contractual arrangements. This…

by Allison J. Pugh, Apr 4, 2017 Recent research by economists Anne Case and Angus Deaton documents a dramatic rise in mortality rates among working-class white people in the U.S. The immediate causes of these “deaths of despair,” as the pair refer to them, are often factors like drug abuse, health problems like diabetes, and…

By Bon Cedrick Dela Cena Doroja (The Philippine Star), Mar 28, 2017 With the current administration capitalizing heavily on public spending mostly in infrastructure, rural development, and social services to drive growth of the country while catering to the Filipinos’ needs, the government relies on labor provided by its citizens to carry-out its reform goals…

By Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star), Mar 28, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – Employers are keeping their fingers crossed that the new labor department order (DO) on contractualization will not worsen the current unemployment situation in the country as they try to live with more restrictive rules.

By: Raul J. Palabrica, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mar 27, 2017 Finally, after several false starts, the Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) issued Department Order No. 174 which aims to fulfill President Duterte’s campaign promise to eliminate “endo” or illegal job contracting.

by David Weil, Mar 24, 2017 Every day, many of us eat at restaurants, stay at hotels, receive packages, and use our digital devices with the assumption that the company we pay for these services — Hilton, Amazon, Apple, etc. — also employs the people who deliver them. This assumption is increasingly incorrect: Our deliveries…

By Gerardo P. Sicat (The Philippine Star), Mar 22, 2017 The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has finally signed off on the “endo” problem with Department Order No. 174.

By Sheila Crisostomo (The Philippine Star), Mar 19, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – An official of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) shrugged off yesterday the Employers’ Confederation of the Philippines’ warning that Department Order No. 174 would lead to massive displacement of workers.

By: Julie M. Aurelio, Tarra Quismundo, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mar 18, 2017 Workers’ groups on Friday questioned the labor department’s new order banning labor-only contracting, charging that it has failed to stop the unfair practice of contractualization.

by MART D. SAMBALUD, Davaotoday, Mar 17, 2017 DAVAO CITY, Philippines—Labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno on Friday scored the Department of Labor and Employment for issuing a new labor policy which they branded as a rehash version only of the existing guidelines on contracting and sub-contracting.

By: Tina G. Santos, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mar 16, 2017 MANILA — Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III finally signed on Thursday the Department Order (DO) on contracting and subcontracting. Department Order No. 174 superseded DO 18-A, which was earlier reviewed by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) following complaints from stakeholders and labor groups…

By Cai Ordinario, Businessmirror, Mar 16, 2017 Ending contractualization in the Philippines will take more than the issuance of an order by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), with implementation deemed to be the bigger challenge due to the current labor-market condition, local economists said on Thursday.

By: Tina G. Santos, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mar 07, 2017 The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Tuesday deferred anew the issuance of the Department Order (DO) draft on contractualization. This came after the labor and management groups asked for four days “to discuss their fundamental differences,” said Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III after…

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Mar. 01, 2017 PAULO C. RIZAL DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Militant labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno said its dialogue with President Duterte on Monday failed to break the “deadlock” between the workers and the Department of Labor and Employment on the issue of contractualization.

By BusinessMirror, Feb 14, 2017 Contractual employment is often perceived as temporary. And with this comes the belief that it doesn’t offer any advancement options—your career is only as good as the length of your tenure. But these are all misconceptions according to the Philippine Association of Legitimate Service Contractors (Palscon), an association of legitimate…

By: Nestor Corrales, INQINQUIRER.net, Feb 10, 2017 President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the release of a one-time gratuity pay of P1,000 to P2,000 for contractual workers in government.

(UPDATED) The provincial government and the company, House Technology Industries, have committed to provide financial assistance to the affected employees by Patty Pasion, Rappler, Feb. 02, 2017 MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III said victims of the huge fire that hit the House Technology Industries (HTI) in…

by Dexter A. See, Manila Standard, Jan. 29, 2017 TUBA, Benguet—The management of the Philex Mining Corp. is strictly adhering to the government’s policy against contractualization of its workforce, citing that most of its over 2,100 managers, supervisors and rank and file are hired as regular workers.