Dole: 2k regularized

MORE than 2,000 employees have been regularized in Davao Region under the department order (DO) 174 on contracting and subcontracting work, an official of the Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) said.

Dole 11 Regional Director Raymundo Agravante during the 2017 Trabaho, Negosyo, Kabuhayan Fairs Press Conference at the Pinnacle Hotel yesterday, April 26 said their intensified campaign against unlawful contractualization in Region 11 lead to the regularization of some 2,326 workers as

of April 2017.

Agravante mentioned more than 10,000 workers were affected by contractualization in Region 11. Of this number, 7,801 are subject for re-validation.

"Sa ngayon we have pending mandatory cases reaching around 4,000 and the 2,468 workers are subject for issuance of compliance, meaning these workers need to be regularized by their employers as soon as possible," he said.

Agravante said they will eliminate Endo-related cases by the end of this year.

He said he is referring to those illegal contractual arrangements as there are also legitimate labor contracts like outsourced labor force and project based employments or those called “seasonal regulars.”

"The workers of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) are compartmentalized into skilled and nonskilled employees. Minsan they have seasonal projects mao kaya naka kontrata lang ang trabaho sa uban trabahante," he said.

Come May 1, DOLE 11 will stage the 2017 Trabaho, Negosyo, Kabuhayan Job and Business fairs at the 4th floor of the Gaisano Mall catering more than 6,000 job seekers. ABS