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Qatar's Hamad airport on-site staff temporarily reduced by 40 percent

Reuters
Posted at Apr 01 07:15 AM

Qatar's Hamad International Airport has temporarily reduced the number of employees onsite by 40 percent, with most working from home or on annual leave, a Qatar Airways spokesman said on Tuesday, denying a media report that said the airline had cut its workforce. Read more »

'Maraming employers di kumikilos para makakuha ng DOLE cash assistance'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 30 07:25 PM

Nanawagan ang isang labor group sa Department of Labor and Employment na kalampagin ang mga kompanyang hindi pa rin nagsusumite ng requirements para sa cash assistance sa mga manggagawang naapektuhan ng coronavirus disease. Read more »

P2 bilyon dagdag-pondo ilalaan para sa ayuda sa mga manggagawa

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 26 07:35 PM

Makatatanggap na dagdag na P2 bilyon pondo ang Department of Labor and Employment para magamit sa pagbibigay ng ayuda sa mga manggagawang naapektuhan ng lockdown, na ipinatupad para mapigilan ang pagkalat ng COVID-19. Read more »

Voter's ID unnecessary for disinfection jobs during lockdown: labor dept

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 26 02:04 PM

Daily wage earners who want to make a living during the monthlong lockdown of Luzon do not need a voter's ID to apply to join a government disinfection drive against the coronavirus epidemic, the labor department said Thursday.    Read more »

Some employers refuse to get P5,000 lockdown aid for workers: labor dept

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 26 01:23 PM

 The labor department on Thursday said it received reports that some employers had refused to apply for a P5,000 government assistance for every worker hit by a Luzon-wide lockwide to contain the novel coronavirus.  Read more »

Jobs, business, liquidity: How the US is preparing for recession due to coronavirus

Neil Irwin, The New York Times
Posted at Mar 26 08:33 AM

One Federal Reserve official has said the unemployment rate could hit 30 percent, 3 times its level at the worst point of the 2008-09 Great Recession. And he has suggested that GDP could fall at a 50 percent annual rate next quarter, which would be 5 times worse than the worst single quarter on record. Economic forecasters at major banks differ in degree, not direction, of the disaster facing the US economy.   Read more »

Ilang Pinoy sa Italya nangangamba matapos mawalan ng trabaho dahil sa coronavirus

Maricel Burgonio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 20 11:12 AM

TORINO, Italy - Naalarma ang among Italian ni Anastacia Bejarin Padre, isang Filipino domestic worker, sa pagdeklara ng lockdown sa rehiyon ng Lombardy dahil sa mabilis na pagkalat ng coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).  Read more »

Saudi Arabia suspends work in most of private sector for 15 days

Reuters
Posted at Mar 18 04:30 PM

CAIRO - Saudi Arabia on Wednesday suspended work in most of the private sector for 15 days and directed businesses to implement work-from-home policies to stop the spread of the coronavirus that has infected 171 people in the kingdom.   Read more »

Lockdown brings uncertainty to Pinoys in France and Belgium

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 18 05:30 PM

Filipinos in France and Belgium are feeling the impact of stricter measures imposed by their respective host countries in a bid to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).   Read more »

Some 200 Qatar Airways Filipino workers terminated

Maxxy Santiago, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 17 06:02 PM

KUWAIT - Around 200 Filipinos working at Qatar Airways were among the workers served their termination letter Monday.  Read more »

MacroAsia management takes pay cuts to save jobs due to COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 16 07:19 PM

MacroAsia Corp said Monday members of its management team and other subsidiaries agreed take 10-percent pay cuts to save jobs as the aviation industry reeled from travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

Labor dept seeks P2.8 billion budget for emergency jobs in case COVID 19 bites

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 11 03:08 PM

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is seeking an additional P2.8 billion to provide emergency employment to workers who will be displaced by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic.   Read more »

'Temporary' COVID disruption likely to shorten work hours for some: NEDA

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 10 10:58 AM

Employers resort to reducing work hours instead of letting go of employees under the assumption that the current disruption is "temporary," said National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) Usec. Rosemario Edillon.  Read more »

UN warns of virus impact on swelling youth unemployment

Nina Larson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 10 08:55 AM

Measures to tackle the deadly coronavirus could take a particularly harsh toll on young people's access to work, at a time when youth unemployment is already rising, the UN warned Monday. Read more »

What's the sexiest job in the digital age? FEU boss taps 2 tablets for the answer

Joel Guinto, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 09 10:12 PM

As it nears the 100-year mark, Far Eastern University is tapping tech and big data to prepare its students, while facing challenges. Read more »

Work from home, travel curbs: World's employers adapt to coronavirus

Mike Isaac, David Yaffe-Bellany and Karen Weise, The New York Times
Posted at Mar 06 10:12 AM

Alarm is spreading through companies around the world, despite escalating efforts by many of the firms to deal with disruptions from the coronavirus outbreak that started in China. Read more »

AI, digital transformation to enhance Filipino productivity: Microsoft PH boss

Jessica Fenol and Cathy Yang, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 04 06:18 PM

Artificial intelligence and digital transformation can enhance the productivity of Filipino workers and help boost the economy despite posing a threat to low-skilled jobs, Microsoft country general manager Andres Ortola said Wednesday.    Read more »

Emirates airline asks staff to take one month unpaid leave over coronavirus

Reuters
Updated as of Mar 03 05:36 PM

Emirates has cancelled flights to Iran, Bahrain and to most of China because of the virus, and countries around the world have placed strict restrictions on entry of foreigners. Read more »

Twitter staff told to work from home over virus fears

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 03 03:40 PM

The outbreak has spread across the world since emerging in central China late last year, killing more than 3,100 people, infecting over 90,000, and prompting a wave of travel restrictions.  Read more »

Labor dept urged to assist displaced workers due to virus outbreak

Michael Delizo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 01 09:58 PM

Philippine lawmakers on Sunday urged the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to provide assistance to workers who may be displaced due to the worldwide outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Read more »