{"id":194627,"date":"2018-12-19T05:59:18","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T10:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=194627"},"modified":"2018-12-19T05:59:18","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T10:59:18","slug":"over-400k-workers-regularized-from-january-to-december-dole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/12\/19\/over-400k-workers-regularized-from-january-to-december-dole\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 400K workers regularized from January to December: DOLE"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cI know it is still low, percentage wise, considering the number of contractual workers in the country,\u201d Bello said in statement. (PNA file photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Over 400,000 contractual workers have been given permanent employment as part of the anti-“endo” campaign of the government, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said that from January to December 3, a total of 411,449 private sector employees were regularized by their employers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know it is still low, percentage wise, considering the number of contractual workers in the country,\u201d Bello said in statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut that 400,000 plus figure is unprecedented in our country. Never in history has that number been achieved,\u201d the DOLE chief added.<\/p>\n

Bello noted 65 percent of the figure have been regularized due to the voluntary compliance of the private companies.<\/p>\n

While the remaining 35 percent were given regular employment statuses as a result of the issuance of compliance orders.<\/p>\n

Of the number, he said some 11,660 are workers from the SM malls chain. They have been regularized this year as of the end of the third quarter.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt could even be higher if we include the last quarter of the year,\u201d Bello added.<\/p>\n

SM malls in the National Capital Region (NCR) had the most number of regularized workers with 4,800; followed by those in Calabarzon with 2,865; and those in Mimaropa with 1,476.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Bello also reported that the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) has promised to regularize all their workers.<\/p>\n

\u201cECOP said all its members will regularize all their employees. We are just waiting for their timeline,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In turn, the DOLE offered ECOP members to be exempted from the regular labor inspection activities.<\/p>\n

\u201cI offered to waive the inspection of their members unless, of course, there is a complaint filed against them,\u201d Bello added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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