Labor chief decides which jobs to regularize in Dole’s SOT bill

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2019 21:24:37 +0000

Labor chief decides which jobs to regularize in Dole’s SOT bill

In the Department of Labor and Employment’s (Dole) version of the security of tenure (SOT) bill, it is the labor secretary who would determine which jobs are “core” to a company’s operations

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Dole’s ‘watered down’ SOT bill caters to business whims — TUCP

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 21:20:27 +0000

The country’s biggest labor group assailed the Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) on Wednesday for its “watered-down” version of the security of tenure (SOT)

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Palace: Ban on PCSO games not a diversion for anti-endo bill veto

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 08:40:13 +0000

Palace: Ban on PCSO games not a diversion for anti-endo bill veto

Malacañang denied that the order to stop all PCSO games was just a diversion from the veto of the Security of Tenure bill.

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Duterte asks DOLE to revisit, polish anti-endo bill

Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 11:43:57 +0000

Duterte asks DOLE to revisit, polish anti-endo bill

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has instructed the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to revisit his vetoed Security of Tenure (SOT) bill and craft a clearer version of the measure. Speaking at a press conference on Monday, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said the DOLE was directed to come up with a new […]

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Duterte ‘surprised’ of ‘negative reactions’ over veto on SOT bill – Bello

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 08:16:36 +0000

President Duterte was “surprised” of the “negative” reactions over his move to veto the Security of Tenure bill, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said.

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Workers plan protests vs SOT bill veto

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2019 23:23:51 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte’s veto of the security of tenure (SOT) bill is only a temporary setback for laborers, Malacañang said on Sunday, giving assurance that his commitment to protecting workers’ rights is steadfast.

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President defends veto of SOT bill

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2019 23:22:56 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday defended his controversial veto of the security of tenure bill, saying the measure should protect not only laborers but also employers’ “security of capital.”

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Duterte is workers’ enemy, says Hontiveros on vetoed Security of Tenure bill

Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 10:14:35 +0000

NCRPO: 2,500 individuals joined Labor Day protests

President Rodrigo Duterte’s move to veto the Security of Tenure bill shows he has decided to side against the Filipino workers, Senator Risa Hontiveros said Friday.

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Zagu workers go on strike to protest ‘union busting, contractualization’

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2019 11:13:55 +0000

Zagu workers go on strike to protest ‘union busting, contractualization’

The workers of famous pearl shake chain Zagu went on strike Thursday to protest alleged “union busting and illegal contractualization.”

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Anti-‘endo’ bill up for Duterte’s signature after House adopts Senate version

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 28 May 2019 10:55:22 +0000

THE ban against contractualization will soon become law once President Rodrigo Duterte affixes his signature to the Senate bill, which the House of Representatives formally adopted on Tuesday. The House…READ

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