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Poor PH labor policies can be traced back to Martial Law: expert

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Ivy Vibar, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/news-special1/nation/07/25/20140501-smx-job-fair-jc-2128.jpg"/></figure></div>MANILA – Unfair and abusive labor policies can be traced all the way to Martial Law, and the National Economic and Development Authority&#x27;s (NEDA) implementation of an export-oriented policy, said a labor expert during a Senate hearing on ending &quot;endo&quot; on Tuesday.&quot;Noong Martial Law, ang NEDA, nag-introduce ng concept ng labor intensive export-oriented industrialization at ipinakita na ang advantage ng Philippines ay cheap labor,&quot; said Rene Ofreneo, former dean of the University of the Philippines (UP) School of Labor and Industrial Relations.(During Martial Law, NEDA introduced the concept of labor intensive export-oriented industrialization and showed cheap labor as the Philippines&#x27; advantage over other countries.)This is the wrong framework to follow, Ofreneo said, as it is the root of the problem—Philippine laborers will not be given their due if they are sold cheaply.This is aggravated by the government&#x27;s push for a &quot;win-win&quot; solution to &quot;endo,&quot; which is not as good as it seems, said Danny Edralin of Sentro ng mga Nagkakaisa at Progresibong Manggagawa.<ul class="op-related-articles" title="Read">	<li>Watch: <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/video/business/09/15/16/dti-may-panukalang-solusyon-sa-endo">DTI, may panukalang solusyon sa &#x27;endo&#x27;</a></li></ul>It does not make sense to add another layer between an employer and an employee such as third-party service contractor providing labor services, Edralin said.&quot;Ang pagkakaroon ng regular jobs ay ang best anti-poverty mechanism sa bansa. Benefits can help reduce poverty. [Sa &quot;win-win&quot; proposal], kahit regular ka, pwede magkaroon ng temporary layoff. [Pero dapat] sila rin ang pwede ma-hire agad kapag mayroon na ulit trabaho,&quot; Edralin said.(The giving of regular jobs is the best anti-poverty mechanism for the country. Benefits can help reduce poverty. In the &quot;win-win&quot; proposal, even if you are a regular employee, there can be temporary layoffs. Those laid off should be first on the list for any new openings.)The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) proposed earlier this month what they deemed a &quot;win-win&quot; solution to end the controversial &quot;endo&quot; or end-of-contract employment trend where employers end contracts prior to the six-month mark to avoid hiring employees permanently.In the &quot;win-win&quot; scheme, either employers hire employees directly, or a third-party service provider can be the one to regularize employees, who they supply to companies on a project basis.However, if these employees can no longer be redeployed, they will be dismissed on the condition that they will be provided with separation pay.Service providers, DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III said, will look for another employer at the end of each project. &quot;They said they will look for another employer. They will continue to assume their responsibility as employers. They provide the security of tenure as employers,&quot; he said.According to Committee on Labor and Employment Chair Senator Joel Villanueva, third-party service providers should only come in when the service provided is a specialized service. This was seconded by other senators.&quot;Hindi mo pwedeng continuously i-hire ang individuals kapag seasonal ang project,&quot; Senator Migz Zubiri said.(You cannot keep continuously hiring individuals if the project is seasonal.)Other issues the government can look into, said labor advocates and experts, include shortening the probationary period to three to four months, the practice of hiring apprentices in industry, and the rights of laborers hired by agencies to organize a union.DOLE will be meeting in future with labor advocates as well as trade and industry officials, representatives of management groups, third-party service providers, and chambers of commerce regarding their proposed &quot;win-win&quot; solution.

MANILA – Unfair and abusive labor policies can be traced all the way to Martial Law, and the National Economic and Development Authority's (NEDA) implementation of an export-oriented policy, said a labor expert during a senate hearing on ending "endo" on Tuesday.

MANILA – Unfair and abusive labor policies can be traced all the way to Martial Law, and the National Economic and Development Authority's (NEDA) implementation of an export-oriented policy, said a labor expert during a senate hearing on ending "endo" on Tuesday.

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Poor PH labor policies can be traced back to Martial Law: expert

Ivy Vibar,

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Published Sep 27, 2016 07:50 PM PHT

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