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Max's Q1 net income falls 30 pct on raw material, manpower costs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 10 10:01 AM

Max's Group said Thursday net income in the first 3 months of the year fell 30 percent due to higher prices of raw materials and a larger manpower component due to new labor policies. Read more »

CSC: Gov't has over 660,000 contractual employees

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 07 11:36 PM

With the Duterte administration ramping up efforts to end labor-only contracting practices by establishments, critics were quick to point at the government's own fence.  Read more »

Law needed to stop contractualization in gov't, says CSC official

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 07 10:14 AM

MANILA - An enabling law is needed to stop contractualization in the government, an official from the Civil Service Commission (CSC) said Monday. Read more »

Bakit mahirap gawing regular ang mga contractual sa gobyerno?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 04 06:14 PM

Bukod sa mga pribadong manggagawa, problema rin ang kontraktuwalisasyon sa hanay ng mga nagtatrabaho sa gobyerno. Read more »

Working for government

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 04 03:49 PM

Workers from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) paint the walls along the Quezon Avenue underpass in Quezon City, Thursday. Read more »

PLDT elevates contractualization case to Court of Appeals

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 04 03:31 PM

PLDT Inc said Friday it asked the Court of Appeals to review a labor department decision ordering the company to grant regular status to thousands of workers. Read more »

Duterte's anti-endo EO 'useless', lawmaker says

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 04 10:45 AM

The executive order on labor contractualization recently signed by President Duterte is "useless", a lawmaker said Friday. Read more »

Listahan ng mga kumpanyang labor-only contracting, binubuo ng DOLE

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 04 01:52 AM

Binubuo na ng labor department ang listahan ng mga kumpanyang gumagamit ng labor-only contracting para makaiwas sa pag-regularize ng mga empleyado.  Read more »

PLDT loses appeal on regularization of 7,000 workers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 03 04:42 PM

The Department of Labor and Employment said Thursday it denied PLDT Inc's appeal to reverse its decision that ordered the company to grant regular status to 7,306 workers. Read more »

Senado gagawing prayoridad ang security of tenure bill kontra 'endo'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 03 03:42 AM

Tiniyak ng Senado na gagawin nilang prayoridad ang pagpasa ng batas kontra "endo" pagbalik ng sesyon. Read more »

How will EO on 'endo' affect the labor market?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 03 01:37 AM

Guenter Taus, president of the European Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines warns the new order may potentially curtail the Philippines' labor market flexibility. Read more »

Pinirmahang EO vs 'endo,' inirekomenda ng DOLE chief

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 03 01:19 AM

Ito ang bersiyong nagbabalanse ng interes ng manggagawa at ng mga pamunuan ng mga kompanya, anang kalihim ng DOLE. Read more »

Labor groups unhappy with Duterte's EO on ' illegal endo'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 03 12:19 AM

Labor groups expressed their dissatisfaction as they learned of more details of the executive order meant to ban "illegal contractualization". Read more »

Duterte says hands tied on contractualization

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 02 08:51 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday stressed that he did everything he could to address concerns of labor groups with regard to contractualization, as workers found wanting his executive order enforcing prohibitions on the practice.  Read more »

Euro chamber says EO vs 'endo' may discourage foreign investments

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 02 05:08 PM

The executive order signed by President Rodrigo Duterte banning illegal contractualization may discourage foreign investments in the country, the head of the European business lobby said on Wednesday.  Read more »

Palace on 'endo' backlash: Some labor groups hard to please

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 02 02:13 PM

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said labor groups seem bent on criticizing the President despite not having seen the EO itself. Read more »

After EO against 'endo', Duterte to back 'security of tenure' bill: Roque

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 02 12:04 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte will still certify a proposed law to stop "end of contract" or endo as a priority even after he signed an executive order against the labor scheme, his spokesperson Harry Roque said Sunday. Read more »

End to 'endo'? Start with government first - Escudero

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 02 11:10 AM

Ending illegal contractualization in the Philippines should have started with the government, which employs the most number of job order or contractual workers, Sen. Francis Escudero said Wednesday. Read more »

Pimentel vows law against 'endo' soonest

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 02 10:42 AM

Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III on Wednesday vowed to prioritize the passage of a proposed law to support President Rodrigo Duterte's executive order stopping illegal contractualization.  Read more »

Mga contractual sa gobyerno, nakiisa sa Labor Day protest

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 02 12:50 AM

Ayon sa grupo ng mga empleyado sa gobyerno, nasa 720,000 sa kanila ang contractual. Marami rin umano sa 2.3 milyon na empleyado ng gobyerno ang walang benepisyo. Read more »