Numbers
don’t lie.
Base
from the data given by the Department of Labor (DOLE) over 400,000 workers from
the private sector have been regularized since President Rodrigo Roa Duterte
assumed office in 2016.
DOLE
records show that for the period 2016-2018 a total of 413,940 workers have been
regularized.
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Of
that figure, 291,612 benefitted from voluntary regularization and 122, 328 were
regularized through inspection.
The
DOLE issued Department Order No. 174, Series of 2017, which is the new
implementing rules and regulations of Articles 106 to 109 of the Labor Code, as
amended.
DO
174-17 is a product of comprehensive and inclusive area-wide consultations
involving all sectors (i.e. formal, informal, public, migrant, women, and
youth).
Based
on the submitted report of the 16 DOLE Regional Offices (DOLE-ROs), as of March
2019, a total of 4,717 registered contractors have valid registration, 3,271 of
which were registered under D.O. 174 and 1,446 under D.O. 18-A.
Situation improved under Duterte
DOLE
Asec. Benjo Benavidez believed that the situation of laborers in the country
has improved under the Duterte administration.
“To
us, oo (yes, it has improved) kasi nakita namin ‘yung sa mga
employer marami (because many employers have implemened voluntary
regularization). ‘Yung datos namin siguro, mga 65 percent ng mga
na-regular based on voluntary regularization so ito ay kusang loob ginawa
ng mga companies kahit hindi namin sila in-inspection so mas
paborable po ‘yun (Based on our data, around 65 percent of regularized
workers were voluntarily regularized, meaning it was out of the companies'
actions which they did even without us doing inspections so it is more
favorable),” he said in an interview.
ASec
Benavidez also took note of the improvement of the welfare of workers as
regards to their safety.
“Then
aside from that, the occupational safety and health standards and also other
labor standards, we think these helped improved the condition of our workers.
You cannot quantify a safe workplace. If you are free from diseases and other
hazards, you are safe," he added.
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