Security of Tenure Bill, tuluyan nang vineto ni Pang. Rodrigo Duterte ayon kay Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo @DZMMTeleRadyo

— Joyce Balancio (@joycebalancio) July 26, 2019

MANILA -- President Rodrigo Duterte has vetoed a bill that seeks to end labor contractualization, his spokesman said Friday.

Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo announced the veto of the Security of Tenure bill after retracting his statement late Thursday that the President rejected the measure.

Officials earlier said Duterte sought more time to study the bill, authored by Sen. Joel Villanueva, before deciding whether to sign or veto it.

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Duterte promised during the campaign to stop "endo" of the hiring and firing of workers in cycles to avoid granting them regular employment status and corresponding benefits.

On Labor Day last year, the President issued an executive order that prohibits contracting and labor-only contracting.

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