THE Department of Justice has backed the Department of Labor and Employment in opposing the “bond provision” in the proposed Magna Carta For Seafarers bill.
In the said opinion, the PTGWO-TUCP said Vasquez told Sayo that the justice department shared the legal position of DOLE headed by Secretary Bienvenido E. Laguesma in connection with Section 58 of proposed Magna Carta For Seafarers bill. The group said that based on latest report the questioned provision has been retained in the revised bicameral conference committee bill.
The group said if this is passed into law, it will only be the seafarers which will not have their awards received by them immediately.
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