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(Eagle News) — Hinihimok ng Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) ang mga nawalan ng trabaho sa Boracay Island na hindi pa nakatatanggap ng kanilang anim na buwang compensation na magtungo sa pinakamalapit na regional office ng ahensya para kunin ang kanilang financial assistance. Ayon kay DOLE USec Joel Maglunso, ang mga displaced worker ay bibigyan ng buwanang financial assistance na mahigit Php 4,200 pesos para sa maximum na anim na buwan. Katumbas aniya ito […]
(Eagle News) — The Employer’s Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) vowed to help the Department of Labor and Employment in its campaign to end contractualization in the country. In fact, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said “we are now in possession of a proposed memorandum understanding submitted by ECOP.” “Pagka tatanggapin ang MOU na ito ay maaaring magkaroon ng paglalagda and this will result in the regularization of 300,000 contractual workers,” Bello said in a phone […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Labor and Employment on Thursday, Aug. 16, released the rules on the payment of wages on Aug. 21, which President Rodrigo Duterte declared a holiday. According to Labor Advisory Number 12, if an employee did not work on that day, he/she shall be paid 100 percent of his/her salary for that day. “For work done during a regular holiday that also falls on a special day, he/she shall be paid […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is planning to file a motion for reconsideration before the Court of Appeals to appeal its decision regarding the department order directing telecommunications giant PLDT Inc, to regularize 7,344 workers hired from third party contractors. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said that he had asked Labor Undersecretary Joel Maglunsod to look into the matter since the affected workers had already expressed fears that the CA […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reminded employers to follow the rules regarding proper payment of salaries of employees who report for work on both regular holidays, Independence Day on June 12 and Eid’l Fitr on June 15. Acting Labor Secretary Ciriaco Lagunzad III released Labor Advisory No. 9 on Friday prescribing the pay rules for the said holidays pursuant to Proclamation Nos. 269 and 514 issued by President Rodrigo Duterte […]
(Eagle News) — Mahigit 120,000 job vacancies ang available sa gagawing Independence Day Job Fair ng Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) sa iba’t-ibang bahagi ng bansa. Sa naturang bilang, nasa 63,000 ang mula sa local employers habang mahigit 53,000 naman ang overseas. Karamihan sa mga bukas na trabaho ay ang nasa manufacturing, sales, service at hotel workers, engineer, nurse at construction. Maliban rito, nasa mahigit 7,000 trabaho sa pamahalaan naman ang alok ng Philippine […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Wednesday, June 6, said he would face the charges for grave threats filed against him by Labor Undersecretary Jacinto Paras. Trillanes made the comment even as he noted that Paras “has the zero-credibility of a cellphone thief.” The lawmaker was apparently referring to a separate incident that saw Akbayan party-list Rep. Tom Villarin accusing Paras of stealing his cellphone at a congressional hearing. Paras has […]
(Eagle News) — Mahigit sa isang libong contractual workers ng telephone company na PLDT ang nagtipun-tipon sa harap ng PLDT TelTech HR Office sa Mandaluyong City ngayong araw, Hunyo 1. Ito ay upang manawagan na ipatupad na ang regularization sa kanila kasunod na rin ng paglalabas ng writ of execution ng Department of Labor and Employment-National Capital Region (DOLE-NCR). Pinangunahan ito ng Manggagawa sa Komunikasyon ng Pilipinas (MKP) na halos dalawang dekada na umanong pinaglalaban […]
(Eagle News) — Pinapaaral na ng Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) sa mga Regional Wage Board kung napapanahon na ba ang pagtaas sa minimum wage sa lahat ng rehiyon sa bansa. Ito’y sa harap na rin ng pagtaas sa presyo ng mga bilihin. Pero agad dumipensa ang kagawaran na maliit na porsyento lang ang epekto ng Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law. Paliwanag ng National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC), ang inflation […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Labor and Employment on Monday, May 28, released its list of Top 20 labor-only contracting companies. According to DOLE, Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC) had the most contractual employees, with 14,990 workers. It was followed by Dole Philippines, Inc., with 10,521 workers; the Philippine Long Distance Telephone with 8,310 workers; Philsaga Mining Corporation, with 6,524; and General Tuna Corporation, with 5,216 workers, Sumi Philippines Wiring Systems Corporation was next on the list, with 4,305 […]
(Eagle News) – The House committee on overseas workers affairs will conduct a hearing to determine whether there are destination countries of Overseas Filipino Workers without bilateral agreements with the Philippines for OFW protection. In a press briefing on Monday, May 21, Rep. Jesulito Manalo, committee chair, said the House through Resolution 1750, will investigate whether Section 4 of Republic Act 10022 or the Migrant Workers Act, was being properly implemented. According to Manalo, the […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Sunday, May 13, that it has remitted P548.3 million to the Bureau of Treasury (BTr) that will help augment the funds needed for the implementation of government priority projects. The amount, which came from the excess verification fee and interest collected by the 29 Philippine Overseas Labor Offices (POLOs), was an increase of P110.044 million from the 2017 remittance of P438.256 million, said DOLE’s Financial […]
