PHILIPPINES’ NEW PRESIDENT LAUNCHES LABOUR LAW REVAMP
July 1st, 2016
Controversial new Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte was inaugurated on June 30, amidst tough promises to fight crime, but also high on his agenda is revamping the country’s labour policies to boost job prospects for the country’s millions of unemployed and underemployed workers.
Priorities include a new job training and placement programme, anti-age discrimination laws, and most sweepingly, a vow to end the widespread practice of ‘contractualisation’, an arrangement where workers are hired for short-term contracts, stripping them of benefits granted ...
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