The Department of Labor and Employment has ordered the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company’s and its 35 contractors to regularize the 7,306 workers and pay them monetary benefits amounting to P51.5 million.
Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said he has denied PLDT’s motion for reconsideration after the department found out that the company was engaged in labor-only contracting activities and for violating general labor standards.
The PLDT and its contractors appealed to the DoLE that it be allowed to continue hiring workers under the contractual scheme.
In a resolution signed on April 24, Bello dismissed PLDT and its 35 contractors’ appeal for lack of merit while the four of its contractors’ appeal were granted.
Bello likewise ordered the contractors found to be labor-only contractors to cease and desist from further engaging in contracting activities including Activeone Health Inc., Aremay Enterprise, BBS-VPN Allied Services Corp. Philippines, Best Options Assistance, Inc., Comworks Inc.; Consolidated Management Resources; Curo Teknika Inc., and Diar’s Assistance Inc.
The same directive also applies to El Grande Messengerial Services, Inc., Fastel Services Inc., Goodline Staffers and Allied Services, Inc., Implicare International Management Resources Inc., Information Professionals, Inc., Iplus Intelligent Network, Inc., JFM Installation and Telecom Services, Inc., LBP Service Corporation, MD Tambungui Specialists Inc., MG Exeo Network Inc., Meralco Industrial Engineering Services Corporation, MIROF Resources Inc., Proserve Multi Resources Specialists Inc., Searchers and Staffers Corporation, Serveflex Inc., Sitefel Marketing, Software Laboratories, SPi CRM, Inc., Tejo Management Services, Inc., Transbio Incorporated, Trends and Technologies and Service Maintenance, Unison System Computer, Inc., Upsight Construction Inc., and We Support Inc.
Regional Directors were ordered to initiate the appropriate proceedings against erring contractors based on the issued resolution.
The officers of the said contractors were also prohibited from operating a contracting business.
On the other hand, the labor department declared Customer Frontline Solutions Inc., Pro Tek Telecoms Support Inc., SL Temps; St. Clair Security and Investigation Inc., and Trigold Security & Investigation Agency Incorporated as legitimate contractors.
Also, some of the contractors who have already settled unpaid monetary claims to their employees include Digital Solution and Services, Inc., El Grande Messengerial Services, Inc., MG Exeo Network Inc., MIROF Resources Inc., Pointman Placement Specialist, and Searchers and Staffers Corporation.