THE labor group Associated Labor Unions-Trade Union Congress of the Philippines on Monday described the new Department of Labor and Employment’s new DO174 as recycled and even broadened employers’ prerogatives to fire and hire workers.
“The new DO174 is nothing new. Regulation is not the same as prohibition. The policy framework has long been one of regulation, which has long been proven to be disadvantageous and ineffective in addressing the abuses and the insecurity of the workers on their livelihood,” Alan Tanjusay, ALU-TUCP spokesperson said.
He said the new DO has nothing new to ensure workers’ security of tenure and in fact broadened employers and labor contractors and cooperatives with greater management prerogatives to fire and hire workers at will, any time regardless of circumstances.