Labor exec tackles workers’ rights

Labor Undersecretary Joel Maglunsod has emphasized that workers must uphold their right to be treated with dignity, to have a safe working environment and to be free from all forms of harassment.

He issued the statement as he met in Vitas, Tondo workers from all over Manila.

Maglunsod said Department Order 183, series of 2017 was issued primarily to ensure higher level of employers’ compliance on the various provisions of the Labor Code.

Among those that the Department of Labor is focusing on pertains to regularization, payment of salaries and remittance of social security and other benefits, as well as occupational safety and health standards.

The undersecretary stressed that the department has visitorial powers vested on the labor secretary or his duly authorized representatives.

Regular inspections are routinely implemented by the department on those engaged in hazardous work, those who employ children and those engaged in contracting and sub-contracting arrangements.