Duterte on

contractualization: Not for

a country like PH
'If those who have money won't accept this, then you campaign against me,' says
Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte

Editha Caduaya
Published 6:00 PM, November 28, 2015
Updated 6:00 PM, November 28, 2015

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NO TO CONTRACTUALIZATION. Davao city Mayor Rodrigo Duterte plans to abolish labor

contractualization should he be elected as president. File photo by Ben Nabong/Rappler

DAVAO CITY, Philippines – If Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte will have his way, he
will stop the labor policy on contractualization.
Taking the shoes of the workers, Duterte pointed out: "How can they sustain the needs
of their family, fend for their children if you employ them for 3 months only? They do not
have security which results to unrest and instability back home." (READ: Duterte files
COC for president)

As it is now, companies and business establishments hire workers through an agency

and employers do not have a direct hand in hiring workers, which means there is no
employer-employee relationship that binds them.

Labor contractualization is adopted in the United States and other developed countries
with a stable economy "but for a country like Philippines, when the economy is still
building, you don't practice this," said Duterte.
"It is difficult because the long term effect is [that] you destroy the work force. If you do
that here, you destroy the economy," he added.

The Philippines has adopted the Herrera Law, which allows big companies to hire
employees on a 6-month contractual basis.

Labor rights advocates have expressed their disapproval of the law because it does not
provide the necessasry benefits to employees nor does it develop an employer-
employee relationship since workers are hired through human resource agencies.

"In 6 months, the employee cannot develop his or her skills. It is not good because you
don't hire them as permanent. But if they are hired, enhance their skills, make them
more productive. Because they have the skills and you place them in a regular position,
they enjoy benefits not just for themselves but also for their family. The economy back
home is stabilized," Duterte said.

He thumbed down the policy, and urged those who support it to make sure he loses in
the presidential race.

"I will not run a country that way. If those who have money won't accept this, then you
campaign against me. Make sure tatalunin ninyo ako (Make sure you will beat me). I will
not go for it, It is not a policy. It is not good," Duterte said. – Rappler.com

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