ECOP, PMAP collaborate against ‘endo’
he umbrella organization of employers and premiere organization of human resource practitioners in the country have committed not to allow the illegal practice of “contractualization” or “endo” by any of their member-companies or engage in prohibited labor-only contracting with service providers or outsourcing service providers and suppliers.
The commitment of the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) and the People Management Association of the Philippines (PMAP) is embodied in the joint Labor Law Compliance Code for Employers which Donald G. Dee and Jesse Francis N. Rebustillo, presidents of ECOP and PMAP, respectively, signed last July 27 at Dusit Thani Hotel. The signing ceremonies capped the joint membership meeting of the two organizations.
In a statement, both ECOP and PMAP said they will not allow these “illegal practices” as these are “violative of the security of tenure and secured by the Constitution, statute, and jurisprudence.”
“It is the unequivocal unwavering position of ECOP and PMAP that all of their members should be compliant to labor laws as well as rules and regulations and programs that afford protection and promote the welfare of workers in the private sector,” Dee emphasized.
In line with this, both groups expressed full support to initiatives by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to require all legitimate job contractors and outsourcing service providers to possess appropriate Certificate of Compliance (COC) on General Labor Standards and on
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ECOP and PMAP have also committed to actively orient and train their member-companies all over the country towards labor law compliance in accordance with prevailing laws, rules and regulations of competent government authorities.
To ensure that their members “faithfully observe labor law compliance as a means of protecting the interest of workers, their employer-members, and the Philippine economy as a whole” ECOP and PMAP have vowed to police their own ranks.
“Endo” was one of the issues raised during one of the presidential debates in May. All presidential candidates then, including now President Rodrigo Duterte, had called for an end to this illegal labor practice.