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Diversity in workforce benefits firms: ANZ exec

Cathy Yang, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 23 05:05 PM

Organizations that promote diversity in their workforce are more likely to succeed, the head of a regional banking giant said.    Read more »

Employers say not all forms of contractualization must be banned

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 23 10:44 AM

In some cases, labor providers should be the ones to grant their workers regular status, said Employers Confederation of the Philippines president Sergio Ortiz-Luis, after the Senate passed the Security of Tenure bill. Read more »

Philippines urged to rethink new labor ban after maid's death in Kuwait

Beh Lih Yi, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at May 23 03:15 AM

KUALA LUMPUR - Migrant rights groups on Wednesday urged the Philippines not to impose a new ban on locals working abroad, after the death of a Filipino woman in Kuwait sparked outrage over the treatment of foreign maids in the Middle East. Read more »

Compressed work week tinutulan ng employers, tinutulak ng manggagawa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 22 07:52 PM

Maaari raw madagdagan ang oras kada araw ng magtrabaho, pero maaari ring makinabang dito ang mga buntis o PWD.  Read more »

Senate approves ENDO bill on third reading

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 22 06:16 PM

MANILA – The Senate on Wednesday approved a measure that aims to end illegal contractualization, reform that President Rodrigo Duterte had promised when he campaigned for his post in 2016.    Read more »

Kasunduan sa pagitan ng PH, Kuwait pinarerepaso

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 20 09:53 PM

Walang ngipin ang memorandum of understanding ng Kuwait at Pilipinas, ayon sa grupong Migrante. Read more »

PH officials in Kuwait monitoring probe on OFW's death

Maxxy Santiago, ABS-CBN Middle East News Bureau
Posted at May 19 02:57 PM

Her body allegedly bore various bruises and contusions. She was allegedly also sexually abused. Read more »

20,000 out-of-school youths target mapag-aral, mapagtrabaho ng NGO

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 17 08:09 PM

Sa isang NGO program, mabibigyan ng training ang mga out-of-school youths at mapagsasabay pa nila ang kanilang pag-aaral. Read more »

PH gov't seeks justice for death of Pinay in Kuwait

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 17 01:25 AM

MANILA - The labor department on Thursday said it is seeking justice for a Filipina migrant worker who suffered a brutal death allegedly at the hands of her employer in Kuwait. Read more »

87 workers kinulong, puwersadong magtrabaho sa pabrika ng yosi

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 16 07:08 PM

Kuwento ng isang nakatakas, walang ilaw, karton ang higaan, at dikit-dikit umanong natutulog ang mga trabahador.  Read more »

ILO urges Philippines to protect workers as tech, AI rises

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 16 10:01 AM

The International Labor Organization on Thursday said companies should ensure that workers’ rights, regardless of industry or employment arrangements, are protected as emerging technologies influence policy.    Read more »

Uber drivers are contractors, not employees - US labor agency

Reuters
Posted at May 15 07:04 AM

Drivers for ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc are independent contractors and not employees, the general counsel of a U.S. labor agency has concluded, in an advisory memo that is likely to carry significant weight in a pending case against the company and could prevent drivers from joining a union. Read more »

Malaysia in talks with Japan to join scheme for blue-collar workers

Kyodo News
Posted at May 12 02:25 AM

Malaysia is in talks with Japan on sending blue-collar workers to the country under a new visa program that was launched in April, it was learned by Saturday from official sources. Read more »

Sapat na trabaho para sa ex-OFWs inihirit sa mga kandidato

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 12 07:21 PM

Ayon sa isang labor group, napipilitan ang mga OFW na mangibang-bansa sa kakulangan ng trabaho at sahod sa Pinas. Read more »

Adult unemployment drops, optimism on job availability 'very high': SWS

Rose Carmelle Lacuata, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 07 09:07 PM

MANILA - The adult unemployment rate in the Philippines dropped for the second consecutive quarter, results of a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed Tuesday. Read more »

Foreign domestic workers in Lebanon protest abuses

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 06 06:27 AM

Hundreds of foreign domestic workers demonstrated in the Lebanese capital Sunday to demand the scrapping of a sponsorship system that they complain leaves them open to abuse from employers.   Read more »

Skills shortages, labor curbs may hit Singapore manufacturing

Martin Abbugao, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 05 04:10 PM

Singapore has attracted high-tech manufacturers with incentives and a well-educated workforce but growing demands for highly skilled labor and government moves to curb numbers of foreign workers may mean a tougher path ahead. Read more »

Canada expels undocumented Pinay caregiver

Rowena Papasin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 04 02:35 PM

VANCOUVER, Canada - Canada has ordered the removal of a Filipino caregiver who has been working illegally in the country for almost five years. Read more »

Not more fun in PH

Editorial cartoon by Dennis Gasgonia
Posted at May 04 09:55 AM

It hasn't been fun in the Philippines for thousands of passengers of Cebu Pacific affected by the more than 100 flight cancellations of the country's largest airline.  Read more »

Not more fun in PH

Editorial cartoon by Dennis Gasgonia
Posted at May 04 02:16 AM

It hasn't been fun in the Philippines for many passengers of Cebu Pacific affected by the more than 100 flight cancellations of the country's largest airline. Read more »