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On Tuesday, a National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) representative joined the growing call for social protection and benefits for delivery riders.

Edwin Bustillos, a sectoral representative for NAPC’s Formal Labor and Migrants sector, emphasized the significance of delivery riders during Tuesday’s hearing on Senate Bill No. (SBN) 1275, also known as the Act Providing for Work Benefits and Social Protection to All Delivery Platform Riders Working in the Gig Economy.

“When there are no riders for the delivery, it cannot be made, unfortunately (Deliveries will not be possible without the riders). As a result, their position is crucial to the operations of the businesses that send their products to customers or “who send their products for the consumer,” “Bustillos spoke before the Finance, Social Justice, and Labor Committees.

SBN 1275, filed by Senator Francis Tolentino last month, aims to create an employer-employee connection between riders and digital platform firms, entitling delivery riders to the same benefits as other regular employees in the private sector as the minimum wage and social security.

Bustillos also backed SBN 136, also known as the Freelancers Act, which would have required the client and the freelance worker to enter into a written contract outlining all of the services that the latter is expected to provide, the payment, and other pertinent terms and conditions of the agreement. SBN 136 was written by Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva.

It will forbid arbitrary fee reductions for independent contractors and contract modifications.

The Departments of Trade and Industry (DTI), Information and Communications Technology (DICT), and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority concurred with Bustillos’ stance (TESDA).

Given the dynamic character of the global business environment brought about by digitization, according to DTI Assistant Secretary Dominic Tolentino, independent contractors and self-employed people need to be supported and safeguarded.

Because of the workload, they assume each time they supply their services, Tolentino added, “We have to provide them protection in the form of life insurance.”

According to an informal study conducted by DICT, the number of gig economy employees increased by 208% in 2020, resulting in a rise in revenue of almost PHP46 million.

Freelancers complain that they are not recognized, which prevents them from accessing certain loans, credit cards, and other chances, according to DICT Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Ian Dy.

Tonisito Umali, deputy director general of TESDA, told senators that more than 150 online courses were available for freelancers to “lalong mapaghusay ang kanilang kakayahan sa anumang (so they may improve their capabilities in whatever) skills or competencies they might require.”

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