The House of Representatives’ Makabayan bloc members on Monday filed a bill which seeks to prohibit all forms of labor contractualization in the public sector. Representatives Carlos Isagani Zarate, Antonio Tinio, France Castro, Emmi De Jesus, Arlene Brosas, Ariel Casilao and Sarah Elago filed House Bill No. 7415 or Security of Tenure for Non-Regular Employees in Government Act of 2018, which seeks to provide security of tenure and civil service eligibility to all non-regular employees who have worked continuously for at least six months in government offices. ADVERTISEMENT“Labor contractualization, in all its forms, goes against the Constitutional mandate to promote full employment for all,” Tinio said in a statement. “There’s no way that the private sector will stop with endo and contractualization if the government sets such a bad example.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 19, 2018 07:52 UTC