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    This document is a bill that aims to strengthen the prohibition against labor-only contracting in the Philippines. It proposes amending Presidential Decree No. 442, also known as the Labor Code of the Philippines, to better protect workers' rights as guaranteed by the 1987 Constitution. Specifically, it looks to prevent employers from circumventing labor laws by terminating employees every five months or denying employer-employee relationships to avoid providing security of tenure and other labor protections.

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    This document is a bill that aims to strengthen the prohibition against labor-only contracting in the Philippines. It proposes amending Presidential Decree No. 442, also known as the Labor Code of the Philippines, to better protect workers' rights as guaranteed by the 1987 Constitution. Specifically, it looks to prevent employers from circumventing labor laws by terminating employees every five months or denying employer-employee relationships to avoid providing security of tenure and other labor protections.

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    Seventeenth Congress of The Republic of The Philippines First Regular Session

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    SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE

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    REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES


    First Regular Session
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    S. B.No. 1 1 7
    Introduced by Senator Aquilino Koko9 Pimentel HI

    AN ACT
    STRENGTHENING THE PROHIBITION AGAINST LABOR-ONLY
    CONTRACTING, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE
    PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 442, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS
    THE LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AS AMENDED

    EXPLANATORY NOTE

    Article II, Section 18 of the 1987 Constitution provides that [t]he State
    affirms labor as a primary social economic force. It shall protect the rights of
    workers and promote their welfare. Article XllI, Section 3 also states that
    [t]he State shall afford full protection to labor, local and overseas, organized
    and unorganized, and promote full employment and equality of employment
    opportunities for all. The same provision further mandates the right of all
    workers to security of tenure, humane conditions of work, and a living wage.

    To implement these constitutional guarantees. Presidential Decree No.


    442, otherwise known as The Labor Code of the Philippines, as amended,
    was enforced. P.D. No. 442 construes security of tenure to mean that in cases
    of regular employment, the employer shall not terminate the services of an
    employee without just or authorized cause.

    Despite the rights of the workers under constitutional and labor laws,
    there are employers who wantonly circumvent labor laws through a system
    that is designed to prevent workers from attaining regular employment and
    security of tenure, such as by terminating employment every five months and
    thereafter rehiring the same workers for the same duration, or by denying the
    existence of employer-employee relationship by engaging the

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