Kabataan Partylist Rep. Raymond “Mong” Palatino today urged President Gloria Arroyo and officials of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) not to exempt call center agents and other workers from the Business Process Outsourcing sector from special non-working holidays in November.
Arroyo earlier declared November1 and 2 as special non-working holidays in observance of All [...]

In a move seeking to protect workers of the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry from labor abuses, KABATAAN Representative Mong Palatino today filed a bill that would allow BPO workers to join and form unions, institutionalize an occupational safety and health policy, and ensure just compensation for BPO workers who attend work during non-working holidays.
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AN ACT ENSURING THE WELFARE AND PROTECTION OF BUSINESS PROCESS OUTSOURCING (BPO) WORKERS AND THE RECOGNITION OF THEIR RIGHTS AS PROVIDED FOR IN THE LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES
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