DOLE Started Suspending Companies With Illegal Contractual Workers (ENDO)

With regards to the  current administration campaign against ENDO or contractualization.

An estimated 10,500 contractual employees from 195 companies who voluntarily regularized their employees in order to comply with the campaign against contractualization. 

However Sec. Bello of  Department Of Labor (DOLE) said, that they discovered some violations in the labor standards. He cited particularly the working condition of the sales agents in one of the leading malls in Philippines, saying those employees are standing for long period of time (5 hours).

But this is not the only focus by DOLE.
The department already gave go signal to cancel the business registration of companies who are still illegally employing contractual workers or ENDO.

DOLE issued cease and desist order to the following contractors:

Adeline Human Resources Services
Global Skills Multi-Purpose Cooperative
HD Manpower Services Cooperative
Worktrusted Manpower Cooperative
Excellent Multi Purpose Cooperative
DCMM Manpower Services
JD Manpower Services

According to DOLE, the preventive suspension of these agencies could lead to cancellation if they don't comply.

Current administration will not allow companies to employ more than 10% of the total workforce as contractual worker. But this is subject to different aspects of the company.

Under contractual employment, employees do not receive benefits of regular employees.

In the labor law, an employer can hire worker and should regularize the employee after the probationary period.

This coming October 17, there will be labor summit where more issues regarding employee contractualization and other labor related issued will be discussed. 

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MEMO AGAINST CONTRACTUALIZATION TO STOP THE "ENDO" RELEASED BY DOLE!

UPDATE: Over 10,000 workers are now upgraded from contractual or seasonal worker to regular employees
Via Sunstar

MORE than 10,000 contractual workers are now secured of their jobs after their mother companies have decided to make them regular employees.

According to Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, 195 companies have voluntarily regularized 10,532 workers nationwide in response to administration’s objective to reduce illegitimate contractualization practices by 50 percent by the end of the year.

“We continue to encourage employers to voluntarily regularize workers, who are under labor-only contracting arrangements,” said Bello in a press conference for the First 100 Days of the Duterte administration.

Among the companies that have agreed to regularize workers are companies included in the list of priority industries.

They include mall giant SM, which regularized 4,796 workers; and convenience store chain, 7-Eleven, which regularized 800 workers.

Department store chain, Rustan's, meanwhile, has committed to convert into permanent workers a total of 1,200 employees.

Earlier, the Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) has committed to reduce contractualization work arrangements by 50 percent by 2016 and its elimination by 2017.

DUTERTE THREATENS TO CLOSE DOWN COMPANIES AND ESTABLISHMENT NOT FOLLOWING ORDERS TO STOP CONTRACTUALIZATION.

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Secretary of the Department of Labor and Employment, Sec. Silvestre "Bebot" Bello III released a memorandum order today suspending registration of new applicants as contractors or subcontractors. 

 

DOLE - NCR Manila Field Office Memo

Department Order 162, Series of 2016

SUSPENDING REGISTRATION OF NEW APPLICANTS AS CONTRACTORS OR SUBCONTRACTORS UNDER DEPARTMENT ORDER 18-A

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The content of the memo reads: 

SUSPENDING REGISTRATION OF NEW APPLICANTS AS CONTRACTORS OR SUBCONTRACTORS UNDER DEPARTMENT ORDER NO. 18-A

Pursuant to articles 5 and 106 to 109 of the Labor Code, as amended, and consistent with the policy and directives to strictly implement and enforce the worker's right to security of tenure, the following are hereby issued:

SECTION 1: Imposing suspension of Registration of new Applicants under Department Order No. 18A - Notwithstanding Sections 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 of Department Order no. 18A Series of 2011 registration of new applicants as contractors or subcontractors is hereby suspended upon effectivity of this Order. 

SECTION 2: Effect on registered Contractors/Subcontractors. All certificates of registration of contractors/subcontractors issued prior to this Order shall be respected, unless otherwise revoked through the exercise of the enforcement and adjudicatory powers of the Secretary of Labor and Employment or his duly authorized representative. 

SECTION 3. Non-impairment of existing contracts; Non-diminution of benefits. Contracts entered into by duly registered contractors/subcontractors prior to the issuance of this Order shall not be impaired or diminished consistent with the provisions of the Labor Code, the Civil Code and the existing jurisprudence. Nothing herein shall impair the rights or diminish the benefits being enjoyed by parties to existing contracting and subcontracting arrangements.

SECTION 4: Effectivity. This Order shall be effective immediately after publication in newspaper of general circulation. 

Manila Philippines, 25th July, 2016. 

Signed: Silvestre Bello III
Secretary (DOLE)


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Mayor Duterte: 'The Moment I Assume the Presidency, Contractualization Will Stop'

Mayor Duterte has a plan how to pass the bill to end the contractualization. Duterte: He will call on lawmakers to pass a law to end contractualization immediately the moment he assume the presidency this June 30.

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Mayor Rodrigo Duterte: The Moment I Assume the Presidency, Contractualization Will Stop'
Mayor Duterte said in the 3rd and last presidential debate that it will only take him a week as president to put an end to contractualization or the 3-5 months jobs. He said he will tell Senate and Congress leaders: “You need to pass this bill immediately. I need it first week of my administration."

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