
Paolo Duterte pushes for better employment terms, benefits for security guards
Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte has filed a measure seeking to improve and protect the welfare of security guards and other members of the private security industry.
Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte has filed a measure seeking to improve and protect the welfare of security guards and other members of the private security industry.
Foreign investment in New Clark City would attract more enterprises and provide employment possibilities for Filipinos, according to Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) head Delfin Lorenzana.
With the bill seeking to end the practice of contractualization still languishing in the legislative mill, presidential candidate Panfilo ‘Ping’ Lacson and the members of his policy team are offering Filipinos an alternative solution to ensure job security for the working-class.
Three-term Senator and now Senatorial candidate Loren Legardawas in Batangas yesterday to personally meet the Batangueños and share her platform and long-time advocacies on environmental protection and climate change adaptation; employment and livelihood creation; health; among others.
Ordinary workers even janitors are often required to submit a clearance from the police headquarters in their city and from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) prior to their employment, and that this strict requirement should also apply to government bidders, Senator Risa Hontiveros said.
The House Committee on Labor and Employment will deliberate on Wednesday the measure lengthening the employment probationary period to 24 months from the current six months.
House Committee on Public Accounts chairperson and Probinsyano Ako Rep. Jose ‘Bonito’ Singson on Tuesday revived his call to extend the maximum period of probationary employment from six months to 24 months.