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Emergency jobs readied for those affected by Ompong: DOLE

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 20 04:34 PM

The emergency employment can last for 10-20 days and workers get paid minimum wage, Bello told DZMM. Read more »

Anger at Singapore ads offering Indonesian maids for sale

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 19 04:44 PM

Singapore is home to almost 250,000 maids, mostly from poor parts of Indonesia or the Philippines, who head to the wealthy city-state to earn higher salaries than they can back home. Read more »

Lower costs lure BPOs to 'next wave' cities

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 18 02:54 PM

Business process outsourcing companies are looking to add 100,000 square meters of office space in the provinces in the next 3 years, with the potential to create jobs, according to a property consulting firm. Read more »

Budget chief says no layoffs of health workers in DOH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 18 11:44 AM

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said Monday 15,000 health workers, doctors and nurses could lose their jobs if legislators don't approve funding for 2 DOH projects. Read more »

Australia to start powerful public inquiry into aged care sector

Lidia Kelly, Reuters
Posted at Sep 17 07:15 AM

The inquiry comes at a time when the number of Australians moving into residential care is set to jump, with the population aged 65 years and above, according to official data, forecast to more than double to 8.9 million by 2055. Read more »

DOLE to mount cash for work programs in Cagayan, Isabela after Ompong onslaught

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 15 03:35 PM

MANILA - Cash for work programs will be implemented in several provinces to provide temporary jobs for residents affected by Typhoon Ompong, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said Saturday, hours after the storm made landfall in Baggao, Cagayan. Read more »

Teleperformance opens 19th site, counts on keeping perks

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 13 01:38 PM

Removing incentives has the potential to affect operational costs of BPO firms in the country, Teleperformance Philippines managing director Travis Coates said during the inauguration of their 19th site in the country.  Read more »

'High performing' firms need not worry over taxes under DTI proposal: Lopez

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 11 09:29 AM

Firms that export 90 to 100 percent of their output, generate "a lot" of jobs and manufacture "new products," can avail of a 15-percent tax on their net income under the DTI's proposal, which is "being worked on," Lopez said. Read more »

Dissecting Data: Why is underemployment rising?

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 05 04:48 PM

Warren De Guzman and the ABS-CBN Data Analytics Group take a closer look at the numbers to see what's behind the higher underemployment.    Read more »

Unemployment eases, underemployment rises in July

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 05 10:17 AM

The unemployment rate declined to 5.4 percent from 5.6 percent while underemployment rose to 17.2 percent from 16.3 percent, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority's Labor Force Survey. Read more »

PH unemployment rate at risk due to disruptive technology: think-tank

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 04 11:46 PM

The country's latest employment numbers are due out on Wednesday.  Read more »

Firms urged to consider human 'impact' of AI shift

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 05 09:11 AM

Companies should ensure truth and privacy in collected data and retool their workforce so that they can work with AI, said Accenture Philippines managing director Lito Tayag. Read more »

Job-hunting easy as Facebook? App targets skilled workers

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 31 09:08 AM

FindWork is designed specifically for blue collar workers and is location-based allowing users to find nearby jobs, said its country manager, Rommel Torres. Read more »

App na target padaliin ang paghahanap ng trabaho, inilunsad

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 30 08:37 PM

Target umano ng app na mapabilis ang paghahanap ng trabaho at gawing sa loob ng limang araw ay alam na agad ng aplikante kung shortlisted siya sa posisyon.  Read more »

A push for labor rights on heroes' day

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 27 04:19 PM

Workers and their supporters mark National Heroes Day with a protest and a push for labor rights, on Monday in Manila.  Read more »

Worker's safety law IRR out by November: labor department

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 24 09:38 PM

Hundred of workers have been killed and injured "because of poor enforcement of labor laws and most of all the non-compliance of employers to occupational safety and health," says a TUCP official. Read more »

CA asked to reconsider ruling favoring PLDT on contractual workers

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 22 09:07 PM

The Office of the Solicitor General on Wednesday asked the Court of Appeals to reconsider its decision which stopped the Labor Department's order for PLDT to regularize over 7,000 workers from third party contractors.    Read more »

SolGen asks SC to junk plea vs Boracay closure

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 22 05:48 PM

The Office of Solicitor General (OSG) has asked the Supreme Court to dismiss a petition filed by residents and workers in Boracay island that seeks to stop its closure.  Read more »

House to probe NAIA chaos

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 20 05:01 PM

The House of Representatives will investigate the closure of a runway at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), which stranded thousands of passengers over the weekend. Read more »

Xiamen Airlines added to congestion with uncoordinated flights, MIAA says

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 20 12:10 PM

Some 200 flights were cancelled after the stalled Boeing 737 forced the closure of the runway from late Thursday to Saturday noon. The jetliner's left engine was ripped off during a bumpy landing. Read more »