CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020
| Author | Arias, Miguel Luis Uson |
|---|---|
| Title | Mandatory or Voluntary Labor Governance? The Determinants of Firms' Compliance with International Labor Standards in the Philippines |
| Summary | This thesis has investigated why firms comply (or do not comply) with international labor standards. Using a combination of descriptive, thematic, content and decent work elements and indicators analyses, the study analyzed in a comparative manner the evolution of, rationale behind, regulatory strategy used, and behavior of firms across the three labor governance regimes in the Philippines – Visitorial and Enforcement Framework, Labor Standards Enforcement Framework, and Labor Laws Compliance System – from 1974 to 2017 by looking at statistical tables and key labor policies that chartered and institutionalized each regime. Notwithstanding the effect of the normative infrastructure on workers’ rights and labor standards to labor laws compliance, the findings suggest that firms comply with international labor standards when the regime demands compliance through punitive and coercive measures (hard tools). Firms comply more in a regime that utilizes state regulation and mandatory mechanisms. Ultimately, the thesis contributes to a better theoretical, methodological and empirical understanding of labor laws compliance in the Philippines by looking at the perspective of the regulated party – the firm – through historical comparison. |
| Supervisor | Hübscher, Evelyne |
| Department | Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2020/arias_miguel-luis.pdf |
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