{"id":235028,"date":"2019-10-18T11:07:08","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T15:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=235028"},"modified":"2019-10-18T11:07:08","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T15:07:08","slug":"prelate-labor-groups-slam-bill-on-2-year-probation-for-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/10\/18\/prelate-labor-groups-slam-bill-on-2-year-probation-for-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Prelate, labor groups slam bill on 2-year probation for workers"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>
Fr. Edu Gariguez, executive secretary of the National Secretariat for Social Action (NASSA)\/Caritas Philippines noted that the present policy for new workers is enough and need not be extended. (PNA file photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Church and labor group officials on Friday slammed the proposal of Probinsyano Ako Party-list Rep. Jose Singson Jr. that seeks to extend the probation period for employment from six months to two years.<\/p>\n

Fr. Edu Gariguez, executive secretary of the National Secretariat for Social Action (NASSA)\/Caritas Philippines noted that the present policy for new workers is enough and need not be extended.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s very objectionable! The existing practice is working because six months is more than enough to determine (an) employee\u2019s qualification and competence,\u201d Gariguez said in an interview.<\/p>\n

\u201cExtending it to two years is to legalize contractualization because employees can be employed for two years without security of tenure, and can be easily terminated when (the) two-year (probation) period ends,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Defend Job Philippines and the Regent Food Workers Union (RFWU) described House of Representatives Bill 4802 as nothing but \u201ca pro-business and anti-workers policy\u201d as it \u201conly favors the interests of capitalists while denying the long-drawn aspirations of the Filipino working class for security of tenure.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe urge the members of the House of Representatives to junk HB 4802 if they are really serious in enacting a law that will ban contractualization, provide security of tenure, and institutionalize regular employment for Filipino workers,\u201d Christian Lloyd Magsoy, Defend Job Philippines spokesperson, said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the longest time, employers have been violating the existing provisions on the Philippine Labor Code concerning a maximum of six months\u2019 probation period in order for workers to be regularized,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, RFWU president Tita Cudiamat cited their experience wherein contractual workers have been on probation for 20 years or more.<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite existing laws and rules of six months maximum probationary period, many companies like ours in Regent Food Corp. have been rampantly and habitually practicing \u2018unli-probi\u2019 schemes,\u201d Cudiamat said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSingson\u2019s HB 4802 will only worsen the non-regularization practices of many companies in the country and will not benefit the Filipino workers,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Regent Food Corp. manufactures such snack brands as Snacku, Cheese Ring, Tempura, Sweet Corn, Cheese Ball, Labzter, and Custard Cake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MANILA\u00a0— Church and labor group officials on Friday slammed the proposal of Probinsyano Ako Party-list Rep. Jose Singson Jr. that …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":235029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-ferdinand-patinio","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235028"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":235030,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235028\/revisions\/235030"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}