Contractuals

BY ANTONIO P. CONTRERAS, Manila Times, Jan. 27, 2017 WE are supposed to be a government of laws. It is our body of laws that ensures that our rights will be protected, and that the restraints which the Constitution has imposed on state power will be translated into opportunities to harness the state to serve…

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by Roy Stephen C. Canivel, Businessworld, Jan. 20, 2017 THE MOVE to address illegal contractualization is now “back to square one” after President Rodrigo R. Duterte rejected a proposed department order addressing some issues with the employment practice, persons affiliated with the labor movement and employers’ groups said.

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News, Jan 20 2017 An employers’ group on Thursday said that talks on new regulations regarding contractual labor are back to square one. The Employers Confederation of the Philippines said this after representatives from the labor and management sectors failed to agree on the draft department order presented to President Rodrigo Duterte…

By ACE JUNE RELL S. PEREZ, Sun Star, Jan. 16, 2017 THE Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) reported that they have reduced end of contractualization (Endo)-related cases in the Philippines by 50 percent as of December 2016. Dole Secretary Silvestre Bello III said Sunday, January 15, with their intensified campaign against unlawful contractual arrangements,…

By Cai Ordinario, Businessmirror, Jan. 16, 2017 The government’s plan to end endo, or contractualization, could lead to layoffs and greater inequality in the country, according to a study released by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS).

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By Jonathan L. Mayuga, Businessmirror, JANUARY 11, 2017 Rescued Hacienda Luisita sugar-plantation workers from Mindanao on Wednesday blamed the “contractualization” scheme for the “slavery” that continue to victimize landless farmers in agricultural plantations.

By Maria Eloisa I. Calderon, Businessworld, January 10, 2017 “THIS MORNING, I formally told them, there is no signed department order yet,” Labor Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III said in a Jan. 5 interview at his office, emerging from a meeting with labor leaders.

By Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), January 6, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) decided yesterday to defer the implementation of the new government policy on contractual employment.

By Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), December 29, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – The practice of “endo” or end-of-contract is officially no longer allowed. The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) yesterday issued a new regulation banning it and other “labor only” contracting practices.

Sunstar, December 28, 2016 AFTER outlawing subcontracting, the Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) told contractors Wednesday that they are also being prohibited from letting go of their workers once a project with a principal ends.

By Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), Dec. 22, 2016 According to Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello, one of the provisions of the new DOLE department order (DO) to be implemented in early 2017 is the prohibition against sub-contracting. File photo MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is set to finally stop the…

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By David Cagahastian, Businessmirror, Dec 11, 2016 THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has clarified the tax treatment of salaries paid by the government to its personnel who are engaged under a contract of service or job-order arrangement.

http://inquirermobile.net/inqsnap/micro/83345 The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Tuesday called on the administration and lawmakers to side with Filipino workers in coming up with a solution to end the unfair practice of labor contractualization as promised by President Rodrigo Duterte.

By Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star), November 18, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), the country’s largest business group, sees more regularization of workers in line with the administration’s drive to stop illegal contractualization.

Vina Araneta-Pilapil, ABS-CBN News, Nov 11 2016 09:57 PM DAVAO CITY- More than 500 representatives from labor groups and employers in Mindanao gathered at the Labor Summit in Davao City to discuss ways to end contractualization of labor.

By Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), November 7, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – On the problematic employment scheme called “endo,” “win-win solution” is out; “middle ground” advocacy is in.

By Czeriza Valencia (The Philippine Star), November 2, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – Tourism – one of the key industries in the country with strong employment generation potential – still relies heavily on contractual and project-based workers, according to an industry profile released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

by Rey Elbo, BusinessWorld, October 14, 2016 We’re now reviewing our contract with several service providers, including cooperatives that are providing us with temporary workers and outsourcing services. Can you help us identify important danger signals that would put us in a precarious situation should we pursue our relationship with such providers? — Doubting Daisy.

By Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), October 5, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has suspended the operations of six manpower companies which have reportedly been supplying big commercial firms, including malls, with “endo” (end of contract) workers.

By Prinz Magtulis (The Philippine Star), September 28, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – The government is the No.1 violator of President Duterte’s promise to eradicate “endo” and a bill that aims to “resize” the bureaucracy will address that, Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said yesterday.

By Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star), September 27, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – Phasing out completely the practice of contractualization is bad for business, particularly to the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) which account for 99 percent of registered businesses in the country, presidential consultant on entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion said.

By: Maila Ager @MAgerINQ,August 17th, 2016 Senate President Pro Tempore Franklin Drilon questioned on Wednesday the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) order, which he said gives a “facade of legitimacy” to labor-only contracting (LOC).

By Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez (The Freeman), August 4, 2016 With all due respect to our beloved President Rodrigo Duterte and to DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III, the sweeping generalization to abolish “contractualization” emanates from the failure to understand the true meaning and philosophy behind the term, and the blanket pronouncement to abolish it altogether…

by Businessworld, July 29, 2016 THE umbrella organization for employers as well as a group of human resource practitioners have adopted a code of conduct that in theory rules out the practice of “endo,” which blocks the path of workers towards permanent employment and the attendant benefits.