Labor chief decides which jobs to regularize in Dole’s SOT bill

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2019 21:24:37 +0000

Labor chief decides which jobs to regularize in Dole’s SOT bill

In the Department of Labor and Employment’s (Dole) version of the security of tenure (SOT) bill, it is the labor secretary who would determine which jobs are “core” to a company’s operations

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Dole’s ‘watered down’ SOT bill caters to business whims — TUCP

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 21:20:27 +0000

The country’s biggest labor group assailed the Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) on Wednesday for its “watered-down” version of the security of tenure (SOT)

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Duterte asks DOLE to revisit, polish anti-endo bill

Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 11:43:57 +0000

Duterte asks DOLE to revisit, polish anti-endo bill

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has instructed the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to revisit his vetoed Security of Tenure (SOT) bill and craft a clearer version of the measure. Speaking at a press conference on Monday, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said the DOLE was directed to come up with a new […]

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Duterte ‘surprised’ of ‘negative reactions’ over veto on SOT bill – Bello

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 08:16:36 +0000

President Duterte was “surprised” of the “negative” reactions over his move to veto the Security of Tenure bill, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said.

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Workers plan protests vs SOT bill veto

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2019 23:23:51 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte’s veto of the security of tenure (SOT) bill is only a temporary setback for laborers, Malacañang said on Sunday, giving assurance that his commitment to protecting workers’ rights is steadfast.

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President defends veto of SOT bill

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2019 23:22:56 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday defended his controversial veto of the security of tenure bill, saying the measure should protect not only laborers but also employers’ “security of capital.”

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Recto to Palace: Send own version of Security of Tenure bill

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2019 12:15:29 +0000

Recto to Palace: Send own version of Security of Tenure bill

Malacañang must send to Congress its own version of the Security of Tenure bill, Senate Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said on Saturday, a day after President Rodrigo Duterte vetoed the measure.

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Jeers, cheers as Duterte breaks vow to end ‘endo’

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 22:30:55 +0000

Factory worker Geraldine Gomez felt that President Duterte gave her and many other contractual employees false hopes when he promised in his 2016 presidential campaign an end to contractualization in the workforce.

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Dismayed senators tell Cabinet: ‘Get your act together’

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 06:56:46 +0000

Get your act together and don’t make legislators look stupid.This was how senators dared members of President Duterte’s Cabinet on Friday

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House Makabayan bloc: Duterte favored big business on ‘Anti-Endo bill’ veto

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 06:10:13 +0000

Opposition House members lambasted President Rodrigo Duterte’s move to veto the Security of Tenure (SOT) Bill even if th

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