More time requested on EO on ‘endo’ tack

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has asked for more time to study an Executive Order (EO) drafted by labor groups that seeks to eliminate labor contracting amid alleged threats by foreign investors to pull out if changes will be effected in the existing labor policy, also known as ‘endo’ or end of contract.

The President on Wednesday met with leaders of the labor groups from various ideoogical backgrounds in Malacañang, who were all expecting Duterte to sign the EO that would put a stop to contractualization and other schemes that employers use to avoid regularizing workers.