Labor leaders are hopeful that President Rodrigo Duterte will sign on Monday an executive order (EO) that will regulate contractualization and make the direct hiring of employees the norm. “It’s a simple enough concept: direct hiring of the employee by the principal employer, not by a third party. Certainly not by an agency, contractor or pseudo-cooperative,” Mendoza said, referring to a key provision on hiring in Section 2 of the coalition’s draft EO. We are positive that he will adopt the workers’ draft, which he requested to be drafted last May 1, 2017,” the group said. Security of tenure will be strengthened “by the general norm of direct hiring,” it added.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 14, 2018 23:26 UTC