Round Table Discussion on Call Center Bill

Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raymond Palatino is scheduled to meet with call center agents in a round-table discussion on the 13th of October at Gelatissimo, Greenbelt 5, Makati City. The round-table discussion is the first in a series of consultations the young blogger-turned-Congressman is set to hold as part of its campaign to solicit popular support for House Bill 2592. According to Rep. Palatino, the bill called “BPO Workers Welfare & Protection Act,” sought to assert the prescribed labor standards set forth in the Labor Code and institutionalize additional benefits that would hopefully address specific work-related problems and issues peculiar to the nature of BPO work. As Rep. Palatino aptly puts,

"Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos are working in the BPO industry. In the absence of genuine national industries, we praise this industry for the apparent and immediate employment opportunities it grants many of our people. Is it too much to ask that we ensure the rights and welfare of those who have chosen to rely on this so-called 'sunshine industry'?"

If you are for the protection of the rights and welfare of call center agents, pass this message to your call center friends. Let us work together for the immediate passage of this bill. Contact us at kabataanpartylist@gmail.com To pledge your support for the bill, click this link. (See full text of the bill here). Related Posts: House Bill 2592: A bill for the protection of the rights and welfare of BPO workers Call Center Bill: Understanding Its Salient Provisions