MANILA, Philippines — Three of the country’s biggest business groups have expressed concern over a bill seeking to prohibit contracting and labor-only contracting, saying that existing laws already ...
Mayor Eduardo Duterte, candidate for president, made a big splash on labor market issues when he said that if elected, he would put an end to the “contractualization of labor.” He said ...
Contractualization of labor is a strongly debated issue in the Philippines. It was recently thrust into the limelight when regular employees of Philippine Airlines (PAL) were terminated with an offer ...
Trade Secretary Ramon M. Lopez warned on Monday that a total ban on contractualization may only provoke investors from pulling out of the country or even holding off their expansion plans. Reacting to ...
IN the presidential debates that preceded the elections, the presidential candidates made a stand on “contractualization,” with one or two of them declaring opposition to it, vowing to outlaw it even, ...
More than a year before President Duterte issued Executive Order 52 prohibiting illegal contracting and subcontracting on May 1, Labor Day, this paper had featured a study released by the Philippine ...
On Labor Day, May 1, President Duterte finally released Executive Order 51 stopping illegal contractualization, as he warned firms involved in the practice that their days were “numbered (ABS-CBN News ...
EMPLOYERS are pushing for a stricter enforcement of the rules prohibiting the end of contract (endo) system instead of abolishing contractualization which they said makes important contributions to ...