5Less than six months after I started my new job the manager of the Chinese centre told me I would have to look for a new job and he was giving me one week’s notice before my contract with them ended.
The law in the Philippines requires employers to give workers redundancy pay if they lay them off after more than six months in the job. Employers often lay workers off before the six months are up, so that they don’t have to make redundancy payments, and also because contracts are usually renewed automatically after the six-month period. Workers are always available, so it’s in the employer’s interest to terminate contracts before the six-month threshold and find new staff to replace those who are leaving. This may be why Filipinos rapidly acquire experience in a variety of trades, because
