8 + 2 HUGE REASONS WHY

LEGITIMATE JOB CONTRACTING

COULD NOT BE, SHOULD NOT BE,
and WOULD NOT BE ABOLISHED.
Atty.. Josephus B. Jimenez
Former DOLE Undersecretary,
Labor Arbiter and Labor Attache
ASEAN-wide recognized expert on International Comparative Labor Laws
Law Professor, Author of various HR and Law Books
Bar Reviewer and much sought-after Lecturer and Public Speaker

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 Atty. Josephus B.Jimenez
Celebrating 45 Years of 4L’s – Labor, Love, Law and Life
 Atty. JBJ‘s 20 Years of
Government Service
‡ Undersecretary, DOLE 2002 – 2005
‡ Labor Attaché II (Malaysia, 2005 – 2008)
‡ Labor Attaché II (Kuwait, 2008 – 2010)
‡ Labor Attaché II (Central Taiwan, 2010 – 2011)
‡ Executive Director, National Maritime Polytechnic

‡ Labor Arbiter, 1977 – 1981

‡ Chief Information Officer, Chief, Complaints And Action Unit, 1976 – 1977
‡ Med-Arbiter, Labor Regulation Officer, 1974 - 1976
‡ Court Interpreter, Cebu City Court, 1970 - 1974
 Atty. JBJ‘s 45 years of Solid Corporate
Experience in Leading, Teaching and Managing
Human Capital In Private Corporations

Vice President for Human Resources and

Employee Relations Manager and
Legal and Corporate Affairs Senior Labor Attorney
(5 Years) (3 Years)

Director for Employee and

Labor Relations and Director
for Labor and Industrial
Relations Litigation (12 Years)

Resource Person and Professor of Law (30 Years)

 I GLOBAL
COMPETITIVENESS
It is a very effective mechanism
To protect employers’ COMPETITIVENESS
in a globalized and ASEANIZED business
environment:
All our competitors have embraced
this as a generally accepted business
strategy.
 EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITIES II
It is giving JOBS to 2 Million
unskilled and semi-skilled new
entrants into the labor
Those who demands for its market.
abolition do not have any plan
to find employment for those
who will be displaced.
 III FIRST DOOR TO
REGULAR EMPLOYMENT

It is opening the first door for

inexperienced workers to penetrate
the JOB MARKETS and enter the
portals of the corporate world.
 ON-THE-JOB
TRAINING IV
It is giving an ON-THE-JJOB
training to young new
entrants into the labor force.
This system is a part of the
development of the UNSKILLED to
SKILLED, at no cost to labor nor to
government.
 V VIABLE ALTERNATIVE
TO MIGRATION

It gives a viable alternative to outward

labor migration for Dirty, Difficult,
Dangerous, Deceptive and Degrading
jobs abroad. (5000++ Filipinos are
leaving the country each day)
 ENOUGH SAFETY
NETS VI
DO 18 – A provides for all the
safety nets and social
protection for workers of
service agencies and
outsourced services providers.
VII ADEQUATE SOCIAL
PROTECTIONS

DO’s 131-13 and 147-15 are

providing adequate protection
to all workers.
 NO ALTERNATIVE TO
LEGITIMATE JOB
CONTRACTING VIII
The politicians who propose the
abolition of contractualization
are NOT presenting any viable
alternative. They seek to kill the
goose that lays the golden eggs.
IX LEGITIMATE JOB
CONTRACTING

MOST OF THE AGENCIES ARE

LEGITIMATE, PROFESSIONAL
AND LEGALLY COMPLIANT
(especially PALSCON--affiliated)
ADEQUATE REMEDIES
X
FOR ANY PROBLEM, THERE IS
ADEQUATE MECHANISM AND
ENOUGH REMEDY WITHIN THE
FRAMEWORK OF LAW.
IN SUMMARY
‡ Legitimate Job Contracting should Not, Could
Not And Would Not Be Abolished Because::

1. Global Competitiveness,
2.Employment opportunities,
3.First Door To Regular Employment,
4.On – The – Job – Training
5.Viable Alternative To Labor Migrations
IN SUMMARY

6. DO 18-A: Enough Safety Nets

7. DO’s 131-13 and 147-15: SOCIAL
PROTECTION
8. No Alternative To Legitimate Job
Contracting
9. Legitimate Business of Job Contracting
10.Adequate Remedies For Workers In
Distress
 CONTRACTUALIZATION W/C IS LEGITIMATE JOB
CONTRACTING COULD NOT, SHOULD NOT,
AND WOULD NOT BE ABOLISHED BECAUSE:

‡ Abolition is

* Not Necessary,
* Not Beneficial, and
* Not Viable Nor Practical

‡ It is a politician’s empty promise that can NOT

simply be DONE.
Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - Atty JBJ or JJ