According to a BusinessWorld graphic, 29.9% is the share of "non-regular" employees in the Philippine labor force, across all industries.
At current labor force estimates (39.9 million), that's almost 12 million.
The top five industries that depend on non-regular employees -- or on "endo" or end of contract practice -- as a share of their work force are the following:
1. Construction (59.2% share)
2. Agriculture, fishery and forestry (42.3%)
3. Administrative and support service activities (40%)
4. Accommodation and food service activities (34.4%)
5. Mining and quarrying (33.9%)
Wholesale and retail trade is seventh, with one out of every four workers being non-regulars.
All of this is 2014 data, based on the BusinessWorld chart.
But if we apply the percentages to current labor numbers...
Top Industry Groups by Number of Employed (Tot: 39.9 million)
1. agriculture, hunting and forestry; fishing and aquaculture = 9.98 M [farmers and fishers]
2. wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles = 8.2 M [salesladies, etc.]
3. construction = 3.47 million [construction workers]
4. manufacturing = 3.46 million [factory workers]
5. transportation = 2.94 million [drivers, konduktor, etc.]
...then we can get the following:
• some 2.05 million construction workers;
• some 4.19 million workers in agriculture; plus
• some 2 million wholesale and retail trade workers
are all contractors. That's a hefty 8 million people not enjoying benefits such as paid time offs, sick leaves, and yearly salary increases -- and that's only from the three largest industry groups.
While at this, the whining about firms like SM not really being the correct poster boy for contractualization is misplaced, since workers from this industry (8.2 million) more than double those from construction (3.47 million). SM is very much into this game, as is JG Summit (Robinsons malls). These are all official government statistics, so actual figures will likely be higher.
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