Labor and Employment Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III directed the 17 Regional Offices to cancel or suspend the Certificates of Registration under Department Order 18-A of contractors and subcontractors practicing illegitimate contracting and subcontracting arrangements, including ‘endo’.
“All Regional Offices are directed to cancel and suspend the Certificates of Registration of establishments which are violating the law of security of tenure. This is consistent with the Department’s effort to eliminate illegitimate forms of contractualization,” said Bello.
He added that the DOLE Regional Offices shall assess the contractors and subcontractors in their respective regions to determine which establishments are practicing labor only contracting.
“After the Regional Office conducted the proper proceedings, and they found out which establishments in their area are practicing ‘endo’ or other forms of illegitimate contractualization, I am ordering them to suspend or cancel the Certificate of Registration of these business establishments,” said Bello.
The 17 Regional Offices are also tasked to submit the list of contractors and subcontractors whose Certificate of Registration were suspended or cancelled.
Meanwhile, Bello also said that the Department already sent a letter to the big establishments in priority industries to comply with the law of security of tenure.
“We already sent a letter to big companies and corporation telling them to comply, otherwise we will also cancel their Certificate of Registration,” said Bello.
He added that the said companies are given 15 days to voluntary comply with general labor standards, including the regularization of their contractual workers to avoid the suspension or cancellation of their Certificate of registration.
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