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By Leslie Ann Aquino
The Ministry of Labor and Employment on Wednesday asked the Philippine long-distance phone company to comply at the order of regularizing more than 7,000 of its workers.
A logo of the Philippine Intercity Telephone Company (PLDT) is seen in front of their building in the city of Makati, Metro Manila.
(REUTERS / Romeo Ranoco / MANILA BULLETIN) [19659006] In a clarifying order, the Department of Labor warns that "any act or condition imposed that impairs or tends to frustrate the order of regularization is absentia and must be treated in accordance with the law. "
DOLE also clarified that under the existing laws, the regularization of workers as a result of the conclusion of employment contract only takes effect by the effect of the law and "n? is subject to no conditions. "
The Ministry of Labor issued the clarifying order after receiving reports that PLDT is ending
In an interview, DOLE's deputy secretary, Benjo Benavidez, explained the reason for being the need for such an order
"The clarifying order It states that the regularization is not subject to any conditions, that they should not carry out a pre-employment process, between other. "
This in the midst of reports that PLDT conducts pre-employment activities in the regularization of the workers concerned.
Benavidez stated that the regulation order is "automatic" and is not subject to any condition or requirement.
The Clarification Ordinance was issued the same day as the members of the PLDT Organization of Workers and Employees for Rights (POWER)
Later, the group had a dialogue with officials headed by the secretary of labor Silvestre Bello III
Last April, the Labor Department rejected the motion of PLDT regarding its resolution of January 10, 2018 the company and a number of its contractors to grant their employees a regular employment status and to pay the workers' cash benefits.
Bello rejected the appeal of PLDT and his erit. "
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