MULANAY, Quezon — President Duterte on Wednesday admitted that the executive order that he signed on Labor Day prohibiting certain labor contracting schemes had “no teeth.”“So my executive order was just veering toward ending it (‘endo,’ or end of contract). ADVERTISEMENTWhile prohibiting endo, Executive Order No. President Duterte said penalizing violators of the order could put him in trouble. ADVERTISEMENTPresident Duterte said if there was one thing that he was prohibited from doing, it was giving the order the force of law. Direct employerRoque said on Wednesday that under EO 51, the direct employer would be considered the employer of workers.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 03, 2018 23:15 UTC