Senate urged to come up with stand on 'endo'

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Senate urged to come up with stand on 'endo'

Sherrie Ann Torres,

ABS-CBN News

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MANILA - Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday urged Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III to rally their colleagues and take a stand on the issue of 'endo' or labor-only contracting.

"I call on the Senate leadership to come up with a statement. This is a policy issue. This is in the labor code. If we wish to revise this, this is a revision in policy," said Drilon at a media forum.

"It is at this time that Senate President Pimentel should take a look at this and take a position. We in the Senate must come up with the proposed policy changes if any to this 'endo'," he added.

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, who President Rodrigo Duterte had tasked to realize his promise of ending unlawful contractualization, is "limited by what is found in the law," said Drilon.

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It is, thus, up to the Senate to come out with a policy decision on dealing with the issue.

Drilon also advised Bello to "have peace" with the labor sector.

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) last month issued Department Order 174 in the hopes of ending "endo," the unlawful practice of hiring workers for a period under six months, and then renewing their contracts to avoid regularization.

The practice deprives workers of job security, including benefits if employed as regulars.

The order was met with protests from the labor sector, with workers asserting that it did little to solve their plight as it still allowed other forms of contractualization.

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