Filipino workers are the most stressed in Southeast Asia, according to a Gallup Survey conducted under the “State of the Global Workplace: 2022 Report”.
According to Federation of Free Workers (FFW) vice president Julius Cainglet, the most stressed laborers in the country are contractual.
“Isipin mo na nagtatrabaho ka ng buong hirap, tapos sisipain ka lang sa ikalima mong buwan dahil umiiwas ang employer mo sa regularisasyon,” said Cainglet.
(Imagine that you are working hard and are only kicked out in your fifth month because your employer is avoiding regularization.)
He said there is nothing equal to the stress that builds up for four months in the mind if the work continues.
Under the Labor Code, an employee will automatically become a regular for up to six months in a company in a year.
Low wages, heavy traffic, and pandemics followed the cause of workers’ stress.
Cainglet called the situation “very alarming” while Filipinos are also among the “unhealthy” workers.
He said employers need to conduct dialogue with their staff and listen to their grievances to reduce employees’ stress.
Filipinos most stressed workers in Asia – report
Last week, some labor groups on Friday called on President Rodrigo Duterte to regularize thousands of contractual government workers before the end of his term this month.
It is said that with the entry of the new administration, the leaders of every government office are also new and are in danger of replacing only the current job orders and contractual workers.
In addition, they are also asking for the national minimum wage to be raised to P25,000 for all government employees, including job orders and contract workers.
They also appealed to President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. on the same issues.
Many Filipinos need two to three jobs to provide for their families, according to the Commission on Population and Development (Popcom).
Popcom added that the data is worrying that the number of Filipino families below the poverty line or those who can be considered poor earning less than P12,000 per month has increased.
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