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... Magandang araw mga kapatas natin at welcome sa isa namang livestream. Mga kapatas natin itong si Raffy Tulfo. May pinagyayabang ngayon. Ito ang kanyang SB 208. Ito nga mga kapatas natin ang pinagyayabang niya nung tinawag niya na stupid law ang kasambahay law.

... sa mga amo na nagnanakaw ng sweldo."

... Pero mga kapatas natin, theft. Siyempre mga kapatas natin, theft is a crime. And theft mga kapatas natin has its legal definition.

Siyempre pag ginamit mo itong theft dito, it means yung legal definition niya with the elements. It is the taking of a property and the property doesn't belong to you or belongs to another tapos with intent to gain.

Explanatory note pa lang mga kapatas natin. Nahirapan na ako. Parang may ibang klaseng kajinyusan dito.

Sabi niya, the relation between an employer and employee is one by its nature disadvantages on the part of the employee. Totoo naman yun. Kaya nga sa labor code, it is always construed in favor of labor.

Kasi nga sabi niya kapag nagkaroon ng agreement, itong employer at itong employee, at an advantage lagi iyong employer. Tama naman. That's generic.

Sabi niya pa dito, time and time again, it has been observed that a mere infraction or personal dispute between the employer and a single employee would result into extreme measures by the employer,

such as immediate termination of their employment or even worse, fabricated claims of theft that lead to criminal prosecution.

Mga kapatas natin, okay? Siyempre, kapag immediate yung termination, katulad nung sinasabi niya dito, pinagbabawalan naman na ng batas yan.

Pinagbabawalan na ng batas yan. Tapos ito, yung criminal prosecution, karapatan ng lahat ng tao na magkaso, mahirap man o mayaman. Why is that wrong? Ngayon kung fabricated yung claims niya, di pwede siyang kasuhan ng perjury.

Sabi niya, on the other hand, in circumstances where the labor rights of the employee is breached by the employer, the employee is left with no equivalent recourse than to institute money claims which would eventually lead to his or her employment due to...

Huh? Wala? Nonsense. Nonsense yun. Yung huli. Ito kasi, Raffy Tulfo, iniba mo kasi na naman. Iba kasi, yung pinag-uusapan doon sa labor code, iba rin yung sa theft at qualified theft, labor law yung isa, criminal law yung isa.

Kaya nga may kulong yung isa. Yung isa wala kasi dinidefine niya yung labor standards at labor relations. Tingnan niyo itong last na sentence niya dito. Walang ibig sabihin.

Ito yung sinasabi niya dito. Diba?

Yung employee daw, yung karapatan niya ay natapakan ng employer, yung employee, yung empleyado, wala daw pagpapakulong na pwedeng gawin kasi hindi nga theft yun.

Pero mag-i-institute siya ng money claims. Tapos yung money claims na institute niya, pwede daw mag-lead sa kanyang pagkakaroon ng trabaho dahil sa strained relationships. It does not make sense.

So ibig sabihin, itong explanatory note ni Rafi Tulfo, kapag kunwari ikaw nagtrabaho ka, diba? Tapos yung amo mo brinich o may ginawang hindi maganda sayo doon sa trabaho mo, kunwari hindi ka binayar na maayos magpa-file ka ng kaso, money claims, magkakaroon ka daw ng trabaho.

It will lead to your employment due to strained relationships. Ang galing. Sabi ko nga sa inyo, hirap intindihin yan. Pag nireklamo mo yung amo mo tapos na strained yung relationship niyo, magkakaroon ka ng trabaho ngayon.

Galing, galing. Putik yan. Saan galing yan?

Legal obligations to provide proper remuneration. Ha? There will be created a deterrent for employers to breach their legal obligation to provide proper remuneration to those they employ. I don't understand again.

I don't understand. In view of the foregoing, the urgent passing of this bill is earnestly sought. Doon naintindihan ko. Grabe.

To promote and ensure full protection of a worker's wage against unlawful act of wage theft, the state adopts and institutionalizes the legislation of penalizing the act of wage theft that can possibly be committed against honest and hard rule.

To promote and ensure full protection of a worker's wage against unlawful act of wage theft, the state adopts and institutionalizes the legislation of penalizing the act of wage theft that can possibly be committed against honest and hard working workers of both the public and private sectors locally or abroad.

Kailangan honest at hardworking ka muna. Anong basehan? Anong basehan? It can possibly be committed against honest and hardworking workers.

So kapag hindi ka honest, kung nagsinungaling ka, kahit nagkaroon ng wage theft, hindi ka pwedeng magreklamo. Kung hindi ka hardworking, kasi sakto working ka lang, softworking.

Kung softworking ka lang, sakto working ka lang, ginagawa mo lang yung maayos na trabaho pero it's not that hard. Hindi ka pwede sa wage theft prevention act.

Hindi pwede. Hindi pwede yung chillworking. Okay, hindi pwede yan. Okay, dalhin natin. Sabi niya, very anti-ampalaya. Pakit alis yung honest to. O nga no. Pakit alis yung honest please.

Definition of terms. Wage theft refers to the act of depriving or withholding an employee of the wages, other earnings, and other benefits to which the employee is legally entitled to as stated in the contract or agreement entered by both the employer and employee of the private sector locally or abroad.

Basahin muna natin lahat. Sipapakita ko sa inyo yung malaking problema dito. The act may be in the form of withholding wage, including minimum wage.

Siyempre including minimum wage kasi nga withholding wage e. Siyempre kasali yung minimum wage. Other earnings and other benefits. Failure to pay overtime compensation, failure to pay holiday benefits, failure to award the amount of tips honestly earned by a worker,

failure to pay bonuses granted to each employee as stated in their contract or agreement, and discrimination on the classification of employees from other earnings and benefits among others. Oh my goodness. Ito mga kapatid natin. Unang una. Depriving or withholding an employee of the wages, other earnings, and other benefits to which the employee is legally entitled.

Ano ang pinakaunang problema dun mga kapatid natin? Siyempre yung proving of entitlement. Bakit? Kasi there will always be a dispute there. Sasabihin nung isang tao entitled ako dyan. Sasabihin nung isang tao hindi ka entitled dyan. Why? Because this is a contractual obligation.

Hindi kasi naiisip ni Raffy Tulfo na ang isang employer-employee relationship is a contractual relationship. Siyempre mga kapatid natin, if it is a contractual relationship, kapag nagkaroon ng dispute, ang problema dyan, entitlement.

So ganito ba Raffy Tulfo, kapag inisip ng isang tao na entitled siya sa isa, pwede na siya magkaso. Alam niyo kung bakit yun ang problema dun? Kasi nga pag theft, alam mo kung ano at ilan ang nawala sayo.

Dito patutunayan mo pa. Kasi siyempre if it becomes a criminal act, the burden of proof is with the accuser. Yun ang magiging problema dyan.

Paano pag sasabihin, entitled ako sa ganyan? Dito pa kasi mga kapatid natin. Tignan niyo,

to which the employee is legally entitled as stated in the contract or agreement entered by both employer and employee of the private sector or locally or abroad. Ito, isa pa doon sa entitlement, paano kapag pinilit mo na hindi ka absent?

Tapos sinabi ng employer mo na absent ka. Paano pag under time? Tapos sasabi mo hindi pumasok ako dyan? Nakikita niyo ba yung malaking problema dyan?

So ano mangyayari dyan eventually? Magpa-file ka ng kaso, criminal case. Pag nag-file ka ng kaso, criminal case, tapos sasabihin mo pumasok ako dyan. Sino ba ang mag-provide ng ebidensya na hindi ka pumasok?

Ang problema dyan, is it worth it na abala? Tapos ang theft tulad ng sinabi ko, kailangan ibigay muna sa'yo. O kailangan sa'yo na yun.

Pero pwede ka mag-file ng kaso kahit claim mo lang na entitled ka dun.

Ito ang tawag ng inchoate right mga kabatas natin.

Ito ba yung definition? Ito mga kabatas natin.

Although mga kabatas natin, itong inchoate right na ito ay right based on contingent or right based on expectancy.

So magkakaroon ka ng karapatan over such property. So for example, kapag yung mana mo, yung tatay mo, may properties sya.

Kapag namatay yung tatay mo, tama magta-transfer sa'yo yung karapatan over that. It's a contingent right. It is a right based on mere expectancy. Kasi nga pag namatay sya, doon mapupunta sa'yo yung property.

It is an inchoate right. You cannot act, mga kabatas natin, actually pa based on an inchoate right. Kasi parang yung sahod mo din. Hindi ko kasi mahanap yung mas malapit na term.

Parang yung sahod mo din. Ine-expect mo pa naman yung sahod mo na yan. You are expecting your sahod. Ngayon hanggat hindi pa na ibibigay sa'yo kasi may kukumpute pa, may mga deductions, SSS, ganyan.

E syempre, pag inchoate yung right at hindi pa na-realize, by law, dapat hindi ka pa, you cannot still act on it. Kasi parang hindi mo pwedeng pigilan yung tatay mo na magbenta ng property na iniisip mo eventually mamanahin mo.

Pag namatay siya. Di ba? Parang ito mga kabatas natin. Kasi ito nga eh. It is based on an entitlement. Kaya lang syempre, ikukumpute pa yan. Yung mga absences, yung mga late.

Ito withholding wage including minimum wage. Other earnings and other benefits, failure to pay overtime compensation. Ito mga kabatas natin. Itong overtime compensation na ito.

Nag-rule yung Supreme Court natin time and time again na kapag ikaw ay kukuha ng overtime pay, you have to prove first na nag-overtime ka. Kabaliktaran yan ng entitlement mo sa regular na sahod mo.

Kailangan mong patunayan muna na nag-overtime ka bago makahingi ka ng overtime pay. Failure to pay holiday benefits. Failure to award the amount of tips earn by a worker. Failure to pay bonuses granted to each employee as stated in their contract or agreement.

Tapos meron pa itong discrimination on the classification of employees from other earnings. It's too vague. Stupid bill. Di ba? Kasi kung hindi binigay sa'yo yun, baka naman hindi ka entitled.

Di ba? Tapos kapag hindi ka honest at hardworking, hindi ka kabilang dito. Sabi niya, overtime work. Ito, amendment lang naman sa overtime pay.

Tapos it shall be unlawful for any employee to discriminate any employee by classifying those who can exclusively render overtime work on the basis of sexual orientation, ethnic origin, religious belief, disability, educational attainment, and other forms of discrimination.

Alam niya ang problema ko dito? You are not entitled to overtime work. Hindi pwede na ikaw ang magsabi doon sa employer mo na mag-overtime ka. Ngayon, na magiging problema kasi dito sa ginagawa niya na naman dito, ay sasabihin niya, ah, diniscriminate ako nag-overtime yung isa ako, hindi.

Ang problema kasi dyan, you cannot require your employer to give you overtime work.

Ito, tingnan niyo yung penalty. Ito ano rin ito, parang pareho rin lang naman yun. Sa taas. Penalty. Employers who fail to comply with this act shall be criminally liable in accordance with Article 309 of the Revised Penal Code and other existing rules and regulations. Malamang ito, yung theft ito.

Theft nga. Pero yun nga, hindi pasok sa elements ng theft.

Who is responsible for the release of wages? Yung tagabigay ng sahod? In the absence of the beneficial owner of the corporation? Beneficial owner?

Sino pang beneficial owner ng corporation? Ang daming ini-invento dito ah. Usually naman yung sa release of wages, HR yun diba?

So sya yung magiging liable? O accounting? Saan ba yun? Accounting pala diba? Bakit beneficial owner of the corporation?

Yung sole corporation? So kapag ikaw owner ka lang ng corporation pero hindi ka beneficial owner, hindi ka rin pwedeng habulin? In cases of partnerships, all partners shall be liable. In cases of sole proprietorship, the sole proprietor shall be liable.

Obviously. Pero ito, beneficial owner. Sino ba yung beneficial owner of the corporation? So kung hindi ka nagbe-benefit, so kung naluluge yung corporation nyo, wala na.

This is anti-business. Bakit anti-business? Kasi mga kapatas natin, we all know that if you enter in business, if you enter in business, there is a risk na maluge yung iyong negosyo. Lahat na mga sumikat na magagaling na entrepreneur, naluge ang negosyo ng paulit-ulit.

Yun nga ang sinasabi nila, nagnegosyo ako ng ganito, naluge, nagnegosyo ako ng ganito, naluge hanggang nagnegosyo ako ng ganito, kumita. Ngayon mga kapatas natin, kapag naluluge ka sa negosyo, nagsasuffer din yung pagbayad mo ng sahod sa mga employee mo.

Ngayon kung pumasa itong stupid law na ito mga kapatas natin, pag naging batas itong stupid law na ito, this is anti-business kasi pag naluluge yung negosyo mo, hindi ka nakapagbayad, kulong ka.

Tapos hindi pa yan ito. Furthermore, it's proven that the violating entity has been withholding workers' wages. Other earnings and or benefits suspension or cancellation of business permits will be as follows.

Bakit? Kasi nga suspended ka, paano ka mag-ooperate? Second offense, suspension of 6 months to 1 year. Suspended ka, paano ka mag-ooperate? Third offense, cancellation of business.

Itong anti-wage theft ni Rafi Tulfo na ito, sinasabi niya huwag ka mag-negosyo kasi kapag ikaw naluge, kulong ka. Siyempre nga pag naluluge ka, hindi ka nakapagbayad ng sahod.

Bukod pa yan mga kabatas natin, there's no chance for you to recover because you will be suspended. Pag suspended yung negosyo mo, paano ka kikita?

Wala. Paparusahan lang. Paparusahan lang nito yung mga nagne-negosyo. Paano tayo magkakaroon na mga successful na entrepreneurs if we don't encourage them to enter into businesses and employ people?

Patayin na lang natin yung mga negosyo.

Di ba? Kasi lahat ng employer-employee ito.

Wala na. Patay na. Patay na yung negosyo mo. Huwag ka na mag-negosyo, huwag ka na mag-employ.

Pag malugi ang negosyo mo, makukulong ka pa. Kahit yung pagkalugin ng negosyo mo, honest na lumaban ka, kaya lang talagang hindi nabuhay yung negosyo mo, kulong ka.

Nung nagpandemic, ang daming hindi na pasahod, kulong yung mga yung kapag pumasa itong bill na ito. Di ba?

Wala na. Kasi nagsara yung negosyo, nagsara lahat. Wala na, kulong. Sasabihin nila hindi naman kasi ang mangyayari dyan hindi naman makukulong yan kasi may dahilan. Pero special law ito.

Huwag na kayo mag-negosyo. Maraming salamat mga kapatid natin at tulad ng laging sinasabi, natutulog tayo na mahimbing dahil alam natin na yung natutulog na mahimbing siya yung lagi ang panalo.