GMA-7 talents win regularization case vs. network

Current and former media workers protesting against GMA-7 secured another legal victory, as the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) ruled that they are regular employees of the network giant. The document was received on Monday, October 5, by the Talents Association of GMA (TAG), whose members sued the network in May 2014 over what they considered unjust labor conditions. GMA-7 had regarded the so-called talents as independent contractors, denying them law-mandated regularization benefits including bonuses as well as health and social insurance despite their years of exclusive service to the network. A total of 105 TAG members were declared regulars by the NLRC, with 8 of them already resigned from their GMA-7 jobs but would receive regularization benefits during their stay with the company. The NLRC decision can be appealed within 10 days and may be elevated to the Court of Appeals (CA).

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