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Gov’t urged: Invest in education, as child labor cases rise for first time in decades

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 12 04:17 PM

For ILO Philippines director Khalid Hassan, the rise in the number of child laborers means “systems are not working.” Read more »

DOLE humirit ng P5 bilyon pantustos sa naubos na leave ng mga manggagawa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 11 09:54 PM

Ang pondo ay para sa mga manggagawang naubusan na ng leave credits at kailangang mag-absent dahil sa pandemya. Read more »

POLO nakatutok sa mga kaso ng hate crime laban sa mga Pinoy sa US

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 11 08:40 PM

MAYNILA - Patuloy na nakatuon ang Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) sa Washington D.C sa Estados Unidos sa gitna ng mga naitatalang kaso ng diskriminasyon laban sa mga Pinoy sa naturang bansa. Read more »

Migrant workers in Malaysia win legal battle

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 11 06:47 PM

Dozens of foreign workers in Malaysia have won a legal battle against US tire giant Goodyear for underpaying them, their lawyer said Friday, the country's latest case of migrants being mistreated. Read more »

Higit 55,000 trabaho alok sa Independence Day job fair

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 10 07:43 PM

Mahigit 55,000 job vacancies ang iaalok sa online job fair na ikinasa ng DOLE para sa Independence Day sa Sabado. Read more »

Child labor swells for first time in two decades: UN

Nina Larson, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 10 09:38 AM

In a joint report, the International Labor Organization and the UN children's agency UNICEF said the number in child labor stood at 160 million at the start of 2020 -- an increase of 8.4 million in four years. Read more »

Italian police arrest 2 Chinese in labor exploitation probe

Reuters
Posted at Jun 09 07:31 PM

FLORENCE - Italian police have arrested two Chinese nationals who were running a leather goods manufacturer in Tuscany in an investigation into alleged labor exploitation and tax fraud. Read more »

DOLE, aminadong hindi kayang mapabuti employment rate sa bansa dahil sa NCR lockdowns

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 08 05:50 PM

MAYNILA - Aminado ang Department of Labor and Employment na hindi na nila kayang mapanatili ang napabuting employment rate noong Marso 2021 dahil sa pagpapatupad ng enhanced community quarantine and modified ECQ sa Kamaynilaan nitong mga nakalipas na buwan.  Read more »

Sino-sino ang exempted sa deployment cap ng health workers?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 07 07:50 PM

Suspendido muna ang deployment ng mga health care worker na nakakuha ng trabaho sa ibang bansa. Read more »

Mga newly hired na nurse sa ibang bansa, 'di muna papayagang umalis ng Pinas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 06 12:43 PM

Hindi na muna papayagan ng gobyernong umalis ng bansa ang mga newly hired nurse, nursing aide at nurse assistant, ayon kay Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III. Read more »

China's disenchanted youth 'lie flat' to cope with modern life

Beiyi Seow, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 03 06:49 PM

Ground down by the sapping realities of modern city life, China's youth are "lying flat", the latest buzzword for those tapping out of a culture of endless work with little reward. Read more »

100 million more workers plunged into poverty during pandemic, says UN

Nina Larson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 03 01:50 AM

COVID-19 "has not just been a public health crisis, it's also been an employment and human crisis", the International Labour Organization chief says. Read more »

Higit 200 OFWs pa-Saudi di pa rin nakakaalis

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 02 08:21 PM

Nasa 205 overseas Filipino workers (OFW) na naapektuhan ng deployment suspension ang hindi pa rin nakakaalis papuntang Saudi Arabia hanggang ngayong Miyerkoles.  Read more »

Panukalang pag-aaral ng 'labor education' sa kolehiyo, aprubado na ni Duterte

Joyce Balancio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 31 10:28 PM

Nilagdaan na ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang isang panukalang batas para mas maituro sa mga kabataan ang labor education partikular ang patungkol sa labor rights, negotiation skills, interpersonal relations sa workplace, mga mekanismo para sa “redress of grievances” at iba pang may kaugnayan sa lugar ng trabaho.  Read more »

Ilang OFWs na papunta sana sa Saudi nakatengga pa rin sa hotels

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 31 08:03 PM

Nitong Biyernes ay biglaang naglabas ng kautusan ang DOLE) at pinigilan ang pag-alis ng mga OFW papuntang Saudi. Read more »

China brushes aside US accusation of forced labor on fishing fleet

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 31 06:28 PM

China on Monday brushed aside the US accusation of forced labor on a fleet of fishing vessels, saying such information is "purely fabricated." Read more »

Tire maker Goodyear faces allegations of labor abuse in Malaysia, documents show

Mei Mei Chu and A. Ananthalakshmi, Reuters
Posted at May 31 09:32 AM

American tire manufacturer Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co is facing accusations of unpaid wages, unlawful overtime and threats to foreign workers at its Malaysian factory, according to court documents and complaints filed by workers. Read more »

OFWs going to Saudi Arabia still subject to quarantine if inoculated with China vaccines

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 31 08:13 AM

Overseas Filipino workers deployed to Saudi Arabia will still need to be swabbed and quarantined for 10 days even if they have been inoculated with China-made COVID-19 vaccines, the labor department said Monday.  Read more »

COVID-19 pushes Congo's children out of school, into domestic work

Jordan Mayenikini, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at May 27 09:34 AM

School closures and the economic fallout from the pandemic have left many minors across Congo and the world with no choice but to work to survive - from street vending to driving moto-taxis or selling sex, according to campaigners and officials. Read more »

Ilang establisimyento nais ng 'safety seal' para makapagdagdag ng empleyado

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 26 07:52 PM

Tingin ni Parañaque Mayor Edwin Olivarez, na siya ring Metro Manila Council chairman, hindi magdudulot ng problema ang dagdag kapasidad sa mga establisimyentong nakapasa sa safety seal program. Read more »