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  1. Rye83

    Rye83 with pastrami Admin Secured Account Highly Rated Poster SC Connoisseur Veteran Army

    Feb 21, 2016 #5
    Businesses are there to make money and will do what the law allows. If Filipinos don't like their laws they should be protesting in front of government buildings instead of the businesses that are doing what they are, apparently, allowed to do.

    Sure, there are some businesses out there that will go above and beyond what they are required but the vast majority won't do anything but the bare minimum......and being in such a corrupt country, many will do much less than what is required. Filipinos have no one to blame but themselves. This is the government and society they have built....and therefore deserve. They shouldn't point the finger at anyone but themselves and the people they have elected. Filipino "pride" is much too strong for any of that nonsense though. :wink:
     
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  2. DaveD

    DaveD DI Senior Member Showcase Reviewer Veteran Navy

    Feb 18, 2016 #2
    Sounds like business as usual in the PI. Workers are cheap and plentiful and companies don't want to pay benefits so it's contract labor for less than 6 months and rehire new batch. My kids went through this with every company they worked for until they graduated from University and went overseas. Happened at SM, Robinson's Jollibee, McDonald's, Chow King etc... the list is endless. Even my eldest an Architect was working on 6 different sites around Luzon from Iba, Zambales to Subic and Clark to the multitude of cities encompassing Metro Manila a different site every day sleeping on a Bus at night while traveling to his various work sites and at the end of 6 months they let him go because they didn't want to pay him benefits. But, he got his two years work experience and is an OFW getting good money overseas.
     
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  3. ChMacQueen

    ChMacQueen DI Forum Patron Highly Rated Poster Showcase Reviewer Veteran Army

    Feb 19, 2016 #3
    Its time they updated the labor laws yet again at least for major business's. Stop the BS contract 5-6 month crap abuse. But they need to still avoid sticking it to the small business's that are less then say 10 workers.
     
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