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Bill to end 'endo' unlikely to get Duterte nod: employers group

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/business/07/26/20210709-labor-protest-dole-jc-013240430_ios.jpg"/><figcaption>A member of a labor group holds a protest in front of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Manila on July 09, 2021. The group called on the government to act on the anti-endo bill and to stop the practice of contractualization. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - A new &quot;endo&quot; bill that will ban all kinds of contractualization for workers is unlikely to be approved by President Rodrigo Duterte during the pandemic, an employers group said Monday. </p><p>Ending labor contractualization, also known as &quot;endo&quot;, was one of Duterte&#x27;s <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/halalan2016/nation/04/24/16/duterte-says-endo-an-injustice-that-must-be-stopped">2016 campaign promises</a> that catapulted him to the presidency. </p><p>Duterte however <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/07/26/19/duterte-vetoes-security-of-tenure-bill-says-spokesman">vetoed</a> the Security of Tenure Bill in 2019 which sought to end labor contractualization. </p><p>Drafting another version of the endo bill which aims to end &quot;all sorts of contract, which is not possible internationally&quot; is unlikely to be signed into law, especially in the middle of the pandemic, according to Sergio Ortiz-Luis, president of the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP).</p><p>&quot;If in the time prior to the pandemic, it’s not possible and the President did not allow it, how he can even agree for the endorsement of this bill, which I suspect is basically spelling out some of the things he vetoed,&quot; he said.</p><p>Duterte&#x27;s administration had already put an end to the &quot;555&quot; scheme, or the hiring and replacing workers after 5 months to avoid regularization, Ortiz-Luis Jr said.</p><p>&quot;I don’t think this will even move an inch in being entertained by the president,&quot; he added.</p><p>Another version of the Security of Tenure been has been filed. </p><p>Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III this month asked President Rodrigo Duterte to certify as urgent a bill that seeks to end labor contractualization.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/01/09/20/labor-dept-drafts-new-security-of-tenure-bill-to-stop-endo">Labor dept drafts new &#x27;security of tenure&#x27; bill to stop &#x27;endo&#x27;</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1734725" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>A new "endo" bill that will ban all kinds of contractualization for workers is unlikely to be approved by President Rodrigo Duterte during the pandemic, an employers group said Monday. <br /> </p>

A new "endo" bill that will ban all kinds of contractualization for workers is unlikely to be approved by President Rodrigo Duterte during the pandemic, an employers group said Monday.