DEPARTMENT Order (DO) 30, which will put an end to labor contractualization in the country, will be made public on December 28, Secretary Silvestre Bello III said Sunday.
"December 28 yung napili naming date. Tapos yung pangalan nung Department Order is 'DO 30',” said Bello in an interview.
DO 30 is set to replace the DO 18-A, or the rules implementing the Articles 106 to 109 of the Labor Code.
To recall, President Rodrigo Duterte had previously vowed to stop contractualization once he is elected as president of the Philippines.
For his part, Labor Undersecretary Dominador Say fanned the belief that the new DO will only be an improvement of the DO 18-A.
This after he admitted that they are already preoccupied with the fine-tuning of the DO issued by the previous administration.
"Under revision pa yung 18-A... Nililinis namin iyon for strict observance at mapirmahan before the year ends," said the labor official.
He said they were even able to find some provisions of DO 18-A as going beyond what are provided for in the Labor Code.
"May mga provisions ang 18-A na sumobra sa batas," said Say without providing details.
To note, five-year-old DO 18-A allows some forms of contractualization employment schemes. (HDT/Sunnex)