Jinggoy raps House inaction on ‘Kasambahay’ bill
12/02/2010Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada broke inter-parliamentary courtesy as he slammed members of the House of Representatives for their inaction on “kasambahay bill,” the measure prescribing decent employment terms for house helps.
“Insofar as the Senate is concerned, I hope and pray that we pass the bill before the Christmas break. But as far as the House (of Representatives) is concerned, I think it is sleeping on the job. They (House members) have yet to come up with a counterpart bill. I think someone is trying to block this bill (at the lower house. I have to talk to my counterpart there, the chairman of the committee on labor Rep. Emil Ong,” the senator said.
Estrada, concurrent chairman of the committee on labor, employment and human resource development, underscored the efforts they have made so far at the Senate, passing the bill on second reading recently.
“It’s about time (that we enact this law) because the amount stipulated in our Labor Code is way below the minimum wage. If before it was pegged at P800 (a month), now we’re proposing it, following the amendment of (Majority leader) Sen. (Vicente) Sotto (III), to be at least P2,500,” he said..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
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