THE Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) said it ordered AMPC, a contractor allegedly engaged in illegal contractualization practices with Nutri-Asia, Inc. (NAI), to cease its contracting activities.
“Based on the order issued by Director Zenaida Angara-Campita of the DoLE regional office 3 last June 25, AMPC has no capacity to procure its own equipment and machinery because it leases the said tools from NAI,” DoLE said in a press statement on Tuesday.
The Labor department added that it ordered AMPC “to cease and desist from further engaging in contracting activities.”
AMPC was found to be engaged in labor-only contracting arrangements with Nutri-Asia. DoLE said that its inspectors found that the contractor “did not solely exercise control and supervision on the performance of its workers under the job or work contracted out. They also noted that AMPC workers are engaged in quality control and research and development which are all directly related to NAI’s main business.”
DoLE added that it ordered NAI to regularize 80 workers after its labor-only engagements with AMPC were discovered.
On the other hand, NAI’s other contractors B-Mrik Multi-Purpose Cooperative (BMPC), Fast Services Corp., Bison Security and Investigative Agency, City Service Corporation, and Manchester Engineering are said to be “compliant with labor laws” according to DoLE.
NAI has yet to provide comment to BusinessWorld at deadline time. — Gillian M. Cortez
