2. Contra Contractualization

Question 1

Workers known as ______ or _______have no stable jobs, no medical insurance, no security of tenure like the OFW who are employed in a contract-to-contract basis more that 70% of whom are domestic helpers and entertainers.

Answer 1

permanently temporary or contractual

Question 2

is part and parcel of the big economic picture.

Answer 2

contractual labor

Question 3

is a business strategy validated to be cost effective.

Answer 3

contractualization of labor

Question 4

Provides that the “state shall afford full protection to labor, local and overseas, organized and unorganized, and promote full employment opportunities for all”

Answer 4

Article 13, Sec 3 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution

Question 5

The basic right springs from our intrinsic nature to self-preservation and our innate obligation to support our family, both in accordance with the _______.

Answer 5

divine plan

Question 6

For the ______, it is a choice between joblessness and underemployment.

Answer 6

jobseekers

Question 7

As specified, both able and disabled bodies have the natural right to earn a living by a meaningful occupation a job worthy of the free and thinking person. This entails a ________ on the part of private business sector and the government to provide ample opportunities for adequate work and full employment.

Answer 7

solemn duty

Question 8

is a form of underemployment

Answer 8

contractualization

Question 9

is essential to all people of legal age.

Answer 9

Right to adequate work and full employment

Question 10

continue to exist but no reason to justify it.

Answer 10

Underemployment (contractualization/part time jobs)

Question 11

Is a comprehensive women’s rights law that seeks to eliminate discrimination through the recognition, protection and promotion of the rights of Filipino women.

Answer 11

The Magna Carta for Women (RA 9710)

Question 12

________ such as part-time/contractual lanbor, subcontracting parts of the production process among smaller enterprises, subcontracting certain onsite to other firms, agency labor-only contracting, and piece rate compensation strategies have resulted in the stagnation in the number of unionized workers.

Answer 12

Labor Flexibility Schemes

Question 13

Contractual workers sign contracts ranging from _______ of maximum tenure.

Answer 13

3-5 months

Question 14

T/F: Both able and disabled bodies have the unconditional right to earn a living by a meaningful occupation, a job worthy of the free and thinking person.

Answer 14

F: natural right

Question 15

T/F: This entails a solemn duty on the part of private business sector and the government to provide ample opportunities for adequate work and full employment.

Answer 15

T

Question 16

T/F: Contractualization is a form of underemployment.

Answer 16

T

Question 17

T/F: The right to adequate work and full employment is essential to all people of legal age.

Answer 17

T

Question 18

T/F: Underemployment (contractualization and part time jobs) continue to exist but no reason to justify it.

Answer 18

T

Question 19

T/F: Contractualization affect women workers in manufacturing by employing women as temporary or contractual workers so that they can easily be dismissed, ready to work for lower wages and longer hours, and work without union rights.

Answer 19

T

Question 20

T/F: For manufacturing companies, Women are suited for repetitive and meticulous work that requires manual dexterity and great patience.

Answer 20

T

Question 21

T/F: Contractualization affect women in agriculture by assigning regular women workers to the packaging operations.

Answer 21

T

Question 22

T/F: In agriculture, contractual workers usually work beyond the tenure in their contracts for as long as their services are needed in the farm.

Answer 22

T

Question 23

T/F: In agriculture, there is no contract for extension. It is common for a worker who has been in the farm for years to remain casually.

Answer 23

T

Question 25

T/F: In employment, it is not satisfactory to consider only the legal requirements but also the socio-ethical considerations like basic right to adequate work and full employment which is essentially attached to other fundamental rights, that is, everyone’s right to life, the support of his dependence and right to decent living.

Answer 25

T