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 [...]

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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Kabataan Party-list Representative Raymond “Mong” Palatino today proposed a ‘day-off with pay’ for employees to allow them to register for the 2010 elections.
“Employees who work during office hours do not have time to register. By the time their shift ends, government offices conducting voters’ registration have already closed. Companies should give their employees one day-off [...]

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
QUEZON CITY
FOURTEENTH CONGRESS
Third Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 1336
Introduced by KABATAAN PARTY-LIST REPRESENTATIVE RAYMOND PALATINO
A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT TO INSTRUCT PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COMPANIES AND OFFICES TO IMPLEMENT A ONE-DAY OFF WITH PAY TO ENCOURAGE EMPLOYEES TO REGISTER FOR THE 2010 ELECTIONS ON OR BEFORE [...]