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GIVE CONTRACTUAL WORKERS’ SHARE IN SERVICE CHARGE DISTRIBUTION – VILLANUEVA

The Service Charge Law intends to distribute fully the fee collected from restaurants, hotels, and resorts, among other establishments, to workers who provide the service regardless of whether their employment status is regular or contractual, clarified Senator Joel Villanueva, the measure’s principal author and sponsor. While thanking the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in […]

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SIGNING OF SERVICE CHARGE LAW ENDS 40-YEAR STRUGGLE OF HOSPITALITY WORKERS – VILLANUEVA

Senator Joel Villanueva has called the signing of the Service Charge Law the “fulfillment of a four-decade struggle” to distribute the fee collected from consumers in the hospitality industry. Villanueva expressed gratitude to the government for putting an end to the struggle of workers in the services industry, who have been pushing for the full […]

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BICAM APPROVES SERVICE CHARGE BILL – VILLANUEVA

The congressional bicameral conference committee has approved a measure that would grant restaurant and hotel employees 100 percent access to service charges collected from customers. Senator Joel Villanueva, chair of the Senate committee on labor, employment and human resources development, said the bicam panel agreed to adopt Senate Bill 1299, which proposes that restaurant and […]