Tag: Department of Labor and Employment

DOLE issues order in aid of employees affected by k-12 program

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment issued Department Order 152-16 or Standards and Procedures of DOLE’s Adjustment Measures Program for employees affected by the K-12 program. Affected employees will receive aid in the form of financial support, employment facilitation and livelihood training. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)

OFWs in Qatar face termination

MANILA, Philippines – According to the Department of Labor and Employment, 60 overseas Filipino workers in Qatar will be laid-off this April due to employer cost-cutting. Some of the OFWs affected have worked in Qatar for 10 years. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)

Demand for Filipino health workers still high in Japan—DOLE

MANILA, Mar. 30 — Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz recently said that the increased number of Filipino candidate nurses and caregivers who could be deployed under the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) shows there is a continuing demand in Japan for health workers from the Philippines. “The high number of Filipino candidate caregivers and nurses for the eighth batch under the JPEPA program is the biggest batch since its beginning in 2009,” Baldoz said. “This […]

DOLE offers 70, 000 job openings

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment boasts of 70, 000 job openings to be offered in its two-part nationwide job fair to be held on May 1 and on June 12. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)

Lack of skills, not jobs, is the problem – DOLE

MANILA, Philippines – According to the Department of Labor and Employment, it is not the lack of jobs but the lack of skills that is the real cause of unemployment, with only 10 out of 1000 applicants hired due to mismatch in industrial requirements. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)

Job fair ng Department of Labor and Employment sa Quezon City , dinagsa

ni Aily Millo Dinagsa ng mga naghahanap ng trabaho ang job fair ng Department Of Labor and Employment (DOLE) sa Quezon City. Nasa 130,000 na bakanteng trabaho sa ibang bansa ang inalok ng dalawampu’t apat na lisensyadong recruitment agencies ng Philppine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA). Habang nasa 1,000 naman ang bakanteng trabaho dito sa bansa na inalok ng nasa 30 kumpanya na sumali sa job fair ng DOLE. Ayon sa DOLE, layon ng job fair […]

DOLE encourages fresh graduates to seek employment in the government

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment encouraged fresh graduates to seek employment in the government where they can learn public service and leadership. Currently, there are 174, 000 government vacancies. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)

DOLE sends Undersecretary to Saudi Arabia

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment will send Labor Undersecretary Ciriaco Lagunsad III to look into reports that thousands of overseas Filipino workers in Saudi Arabia are not receiving salaries and benefits. Said OFWs are working in the two biggest firms in Saudi Arabia. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)

DOLE to conduct job fairs for new graduates

MANILA, Philippines – According to the Department of Labor and Employment, there are hundreds of jobs available for the new graduates, with the DOLE planning to conduct a series of job fairs all over the country to facilitate the employment of the new graduates. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/f0YOn2alHQM

OFWs from Middle East return due to contract violations

MANILA, Philippines – According to the Department of Labor and Employment, the large number of overseas Filipino workers returning to the Philippines from the Middle East is due to contract violations of employers like inadequate salaries, contract substitution and others and not due to the low price of oil in the world market. DOLE asked the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration to aid the returning OFWs. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing […]

Majority of OFWs return because of contract violations—Baldoz

MANILA, Feb. 24 — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) recently said that  majority of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), 107 of 163, who returned to the Philippines in the past two weeks and were provided assistance under the Assist WELL program, came home on account of various contract violations, and not due to the depressed oil price in the global market. “We thought initially that because of the hype about the decline in the global price […]

Job order for Filipinos in Saudi Arabia, still strong – DOLE

MANILA, Philippines – According to the Department of Labor and Employment, despite the energy crisis in the Middle East, job orders for overseas Filipino workers in Saudi Arabia continues to be strong and may even surpass previous records. <em>(Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)</em>