If it wins the 2022 elections, the camp of former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. promised to make anti-endo bill – something that President Rodrigo Duterte has rejected.
This is what Marcos Jr. said Wednesday after the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) endorsed his candidacy in the May 2022 elections.
The Security of Tenure bill aims to amend the Labor Code to protect workers’ rights further while prohibiting labor-only contracting in the private sector.
“Kailangan pag-aralan ng husto kung paano ito i-aamend na talagang magbibigay proteksyon ito sa ating mga manggagawa para maisabatas ito,” said BBM.
“Kailangang ayusin natin dahil ang ating mga kababayan, napipilitang magtrabaho overseas dahil mababa at hindi maayos ang labor conditions dito.”
Even though Congress has already passed the bill, Duterte vetoed the Security of Tenure and End of Endo Act of 2018 in 2019 due to the excessive expansion of the definition of labor-only contracting, a reason for banning certain forms not harmful to the worker.
Under the Labor Code, a person must be at work regularly after working a six-month probationary period.
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Security of tenure refers to a worker’s right not to be fired unless there is a “just cause.” If they are suddenly fired, they must be reinstated without losing their seniority rights must recover their back pay and other benefits.
Despite this, it is not observed in many only contractual and’ indirect company employees. Many are also laid off before six months of employment to avoid regularization (“endo” or end of contract).
In department order 174 series of 2017 of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), labor-only contracting refers to “arrangement where the contractor or subcontractor merely recruits, supplies, or places workers to perform a job or work for a principal.”
A contractor or subcontractor must also not have sufficient capital under labor-only contracting, other than their lack of investment in equipment, machinery, etc. It is also prohibited to be directly related to the principal’s “main business operation” (employment).
Those under labor-only contracting, which is prohibited, are not regular employees of the principal.
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