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MRT to offer free rides for workers on Labor Day

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 23 09:45 AM

Workers can avail free rides on the MRT on Labor Day, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said Monday. Read more »

223 undocumented Filipino workers in Kuwait set to fly home

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 22 05:55 PM

At least 223 Filipino workers in Kuwait are set to return home as the Gulf state's amnesty program on illegal foreign workers ends Sunday, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs. Read more »

Filipino students to work in Japan hotel, nursing care industries

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 20 10:05 PM

The five participating schools are Mapua University, University of the East, Jose Rizal University, the Philippine Women's University, and Lyceum of the Philippines University. Read more »

'Tokhang' kontra 'endo' ikinasa ng Malacanang

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 20 09:07 PM

Tila pagkambiyo ito ng Palasyo matapos ianunsiyo na malabo na silang maglabas ng EO para tuldukan ang mga ilegal na anyo ng kontraktuwalisasyon. Read more »

Duterte orders DOLE to intensify crackdown on illegal contractual labor

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 20 11:45 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday ordered Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello to intensify the government's crackdown on companies engaged illegal contractual labor. Read more »

Fire dancers hope to keep flame alive during Boracay closure

Peter Blaza, Reuters
Posted at Apr 20 09:50 AM

As night falls on the Philippine resort island of Boracay, beach-goers eat, drink and watch a troupe of fire dancers twirling flames and performing acrobatics. Read more »

Businesses may leave country if security of tenure bill passed: ECOP

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 19 10:09 PM

Donald Dee, president of a nationwide confederation of employers, said the bill is "unreasonable, unrealistic and cannot be implemented." Read more »

Dahil ipinasa sa Kongreso ang isyung 'endo', Palasyo, tinawag na 'paasa'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 20 12:07 AM

"Paasa" raw ang Palasyo sa isyung endo. Giit naman ng Malacañang, natupad na ng presidente ang pangakong tapusin ang "5-5-5 endo." Read more »

Mga manggagawa sa Boracay, nangangamba sa job mismatch

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 19 09:17 PM

Nangangamba ang ilang manggagawa sa Boracay na apektado sa pagsasara ng isla na baka hindi akma sa kanilang mga kakayahan ang ibibigay na mga trabaho ng DOLE. Read more »

Morocco's child maids suffer like 'slaves'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 19 01:34 PM

RABAT, Morocco - "Even a pet animal is better treated," sobs 17-year-old Fatima, one of thousands of young girls exploited and too often abused while working as housemaids for unscrupulous employers in Morocco. Read more »

Saudi rights agency to probe case of Pinoy forced to drink bleach: DFA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 19 01:25 PM

Saudi Arabia's highest human rights body will look into the case of the overseas Filipino worker who was hospitalized after her employer forced her to drink bleach, a Foreign Affairs official said Thursday. Read more »

Duterte backs 'security of tenure' bill, may not issue EO against 'endo'

Jamaine Punzalan and Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 19 03:12 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte will no longer issue an executive order to stop "end of contract" or endo in favor of legislation at the Senate, which he will certify as a priority, one of his economic managers said Thursday. Read more »

Duterte has evidence linking resigned usec to graft: Roque

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 19 11:38 AM

A Labor official who resigned after being criticized for being 'pro management' is possibly involved in graft, President Rodrigo Duterte's spokesman said Thursday. Read more »

No end to 'endo?' Palace says ending contractualization up to Congress

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 19 11:41 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte is unlikely to sign by May 1, Labor Day, an executive order against the practice of 'endo' or end of contract, his spokesperson said Thursday. Read more »

Flatpack fear no more? Robot assembles IKEA chair frame

Reuters
Posted at Apr 19 10:21 AM

Robots in Singapore have completed a task many humans dread - assembling flat-packed IKEA furniture. Read more »

Labor group firm on asking for EO vs 'endo'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 19 01:06 AM

A labor group remains firm on its demand to President Rodrigo Duterte to sign an executive order banning contractualization in the Philippines. Read more »

European business group cautions against total contractualization ban

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 18 05:37 PM

The government should continue to allow the hiring of short-term labor for some industries even as it cracks down on "endo" or end of contract, the head of the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines said Wednesday. Read more »

Boracay 'big hotels' to retain about 20 pct of workforce: local govt

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 18 01:12 PM

Some "big hotels" in Boracay committed to keeping about 20 to 30 percent of its workforce despite the island's half-year closure for rehabilitation, a local official said Wednesday, Read more »

Labor groups urge Duterte to sign EO vs 'endo'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 18 01:04 AM

Labor groups are set to stage a massive protest on May 1 to urge the government to sign an executive order against contractualization. Read more »

'Labor-only contracting': paano mawawakasan ng panukalang batas?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 17 11:38 PM

Sa ilalim ng panukalang batas, hindi dapat nae-'endo' ang mga saleslady at kahera sa malls. Read more »

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