At least 10 firms in Valenzuela City (Metro Manila) have offered a substantial amount of money to inspectors from workers’ unions and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to exonerate them from any wrongdoing against the country’s labor laws and standards, according to the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP).

TUCP spokesman Alan Tan¬jusay, who was one of the inspectors, over the weekend said the amount was enough to silence the team of inspectors but the offer, he added, was rejected.

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