Fairwork Philippines Ratings 2023: Protecting Worker Health, Safety, and Security

Описание: Report: https://fair.work/ph-report-2023
Ratings: https://fair.work/ph

With the overarching theme of Worker Health, Safety, and Security, the second Fairwork report for the Philippines examines the working conditions of Filipino platform workers in the “new normal.”

This report situates our ratings and analysis within the ambivalent nature of labor platforms for Filipino workers. On the one hand it gives workers who were displaced, or with no better options a sense of everyday sustenance from hunger, an opportunity to secure their families’ needs in the context of poor employment alternatives. On the other hand, we surface critical issues of platform-related debt, a lack of safety nets, and long-term financial insecurity. We also emphasise the multiple occupational health and safety risks Filipino gig workers face everyday on the road, along with shortcomings in terms of basic safety protections from accidents, illnesses, and deaths.

At the launch event, the Fairwork Philippines team gave a brief presentation of the key findings from the report. This was followed by a discussion with guest panelists from key stakeholder groups: workers organizations, the government, and the research community. There was also an open Q&A session for all attendees at the end.

SPEAKERS:
• Tobia Kuttler, WZB Berlin Social Sciencer Center
• Dr Cheryll Ruth Soriano, Principal Investigator, Fairwork Philippines, De La Salle University
• Dr Virgel Binghay, University of the Philippines School of Labor and Industrial Relations
• Atty. Jayvy Gamboa, Manila Observatory
• Marge Lanzador-Medina, Fairwork Philippines
• Mr Geoffrey Labudahon, National Coordinator, Sentro ng mga Nagkakaisa at Progresibong Manggagawa (RIDERS-SENTRO)
• Mr Don Pangan, Secretary General, Kapatiran sa Dalawang Gulong