War Against Endo: 22,699 Workers Regularized in Central Luzon

Steps are now being taken by companies and the government to completely eliminate endo. According to Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), some 22,699 workers were voluntarily regularized by 246 employers in Central Luzon.

12,689 were regularized by 141 establishments in 2017 while the remaining 10,010 workers were regularized in 2016 upon the assumption of the Duterte administration.

The initial success of the “war against endo” was due to the effort of the regional and field offices in adopting various strategies in eliminating end-of-contracts said Ana Dione, DOLE regional director, in a statement released by the Philippine Information Agency Region 3.

“We have dispatched 24 labor laws compliance offices to conduct assessments to look into the compliance by establishments with the General Labor Standards and Occupational Safety and Health Standards, and to determine which of these are practicing prohibited working arrangements,” Dione said.

Those non-compliant were subjected to mandatory conferences and were assisted to comply with the standards according to her.

“We would like to thank the private sector for heeding our call to regularize their workers. Security of tenure will be a prevailing concern of workers, and this will enable them to be more productive and to provide more for their families,” she added.

The DOLE regional director also expressed hopes that more establishments will follow suit in regularizing their workers to support the administration’s war on endo.

via Business Mirror / Ashley Manabat