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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Disney announced Tuesday it will pay bonuses to 125,000 US employees and launch a new employee education program, joining other big companies in steering some funds from tax reform to employees. The two initiatives represent a total allocation of more than $175 million in this fiscal year, the entertainment giant announced in a statement. US hourly and non-executive salaried employees will receive a one-time $1,000 cash bonus in two […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Facebook said Monday that it will train 65,000 French people in digital skills in free schemes to help women set up businesses and the long-term unemployed get back to work. The internet giant also announced that it will pour an additional 10 million euros (8.9 million euros) into artificial intelligence in France by 2022, without saying how much it will invest in the training schemes. The US social network will work […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Aabot sa 350 na nurse ang kailangan ng Germany batay sa impormasyon mula sa Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA). Kabilang sa mga kailangan ay mga nurse na may dalawang taong karanasan sa intensive care unit (ICU), general, medical at surgical ward, geriatric care, at operating room. Babayaran ng employer ang visa at pamasahe patungo sa nabanggit na bansa. Ayon sa POEA, may starting monthly salary na 1,900 Euros o 114 […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nananatili pa rin ang Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry na pinakamalaking job generator ngayong 2017. Ayon sa PhilJobNet, halos nasa 140,000 job vacancies ang naitala mula sa BPO industry ngayong taon. Nanguna sa listahan ng job openings ang posisyon na call center agent kung saan naitala ang pinakamataas na job vacancies mula Agosto hanggang Setyembre. Ito ay umabot sa 21,986 at 21,858. Nasa kabuuang 133,300 call center agent positions ang […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – The number of Filipinos without jobs went down to 18.9% or an equivalent of almost 9 million Filipinos in the third quarter of 2017, specifically from July to September this year. According to the latest survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS), this is an improvement from the 22.2% or 10.5 million jobless Filipinos in the second quarter of 2017, or from April to June 2017. The September’s […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Bahagyang tumaas ang unemployment rate ng bansa nitong Oktubre 2017 kumpara sa kaparehong panahon noong 2016. Ayon sa Philippine Statistics Authority, tinatayang nasa 5.0 percent ang unemployed na mga Pilipino. Bahagya itong tumaas kumpara sa 4.7 percent na naitala sa kaparehong panahon noong nakaraang taon. Katumbas ito ng 2.2 million Filipinos at 2 million naman noong nakaraang taon. https://youtu.be/Gu5t07J_4CA
(Eagle News) — Nangangailangan ng isang libong bagong kawani ang Bureau of Jail Management and Penology o BJMP. Ayon kay BJMP Spokesperson Xavier Solda, twenty-three (23) thousand pesos kada buwan ang starting salary ng mga makukuhang aplikante para sa Junior Office 1 na entry position. Maaari aniyang mag-apply ang nasa edad 21 hanggang 30 at nakapagtapos ng anumang 4-year degree course. Kinakailangan din na nakapasa sa Board, Civil Service o Penology Officer exams ang mga […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks opened higher on Monday after rosy United States jobs numbers provided relief to investors on the prospects for the world’s biggest economy. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 0.55 percent, or 108.84 points, to 20,061.17 in the first minute of trade while the Topix index of all first-section shares was up 0.55 percent, or 9.05 points, at 1,640.50. The US economy continued robust job creation in July, with the […]
by Glenn Chapman Agence France-Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Microsoft said Thursday it was cutting an unspecified number of jobs amid reports the United States tech giant was reorganizing its global sales operations. “Today, we are taking steps to notify some employees that their jobs are under consideration or that their positions will be eliminated,” Microsoft said in an email response to an AFP inquiry. Earlier, CNBC television said the company would be […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Samsung plans to invest $380 million and hire nearly 1,000 workers for a new plant in South Carolina to manufacture home appliances, the company announced Wednesday. Samsung Electronics America described it as a “state of the art” facility that starting next year will build premium home products, including washing machines, and will be staffed with craftsmen, engineers and operators. United States Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who is leading President […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Labor and Employment said that there were now 60,000 new regular employees, after the announced prohibition of the implementation of the “end-of-contract” or “endo” last March 2017. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said that the rise in number of regular employees was due to the department’s strict implementation of the prohibition of illegal contractualization. https://youtu.be/HBs6MRPNb8U
QUEZON City, Philippines – May Day, or Labor Day, is a public holiday in many countries worldwide. It is usually celebrated on May 1, but some countries celebrate it on other dates. May 1 is Labor Day Here are some trivia about Labor Day: Infographics by Dex Magno Research by Jodi Bustos
