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Pandemic-driven shift to home work carries risks, ILO says

Robin Millard, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 14 12:34 AM

The shift to home-working triggered by the coronavirus pandemic looks set to endure long-term, making it vital to protect employees' rights and avoid blurred lines between on-the-clock hours and personal time, the United Nations said Wednesday.   Read more »

For many, COVID-19 has changed the world of work for good

Jane Wardell and Conway Gittens, Reuters
Posted at Jan 13 02:27 AM

The upheaval in global labor markets triggered by the coronavirus pandemic will transform the working lives of millions of employees for good, policymakers and business leaders told a Reuters virtual forum on Tuesday. Read more »

UK condemns Chinese 'barbarism' against Uighur minority

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 12 11:39 PM

Britain on Tuesday accused China of human rights violations amounting to "barbarism" against its Uighur minority, as it announced new rules to ban imports of goods suspected of using forced labor. Read more »

Labor undersecretary dies due to COVID-19

Zen Hernandez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 11 04:40 PM

The Department of Labor and Employment said Monday Undersecretary Joji Aragon passed away due to COVID-19. Read more »

15,000 provincial bus employees nawalan ng trabaho dahil sa pandemya

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 10 06:09 PM

Nasa 15,000 empleyado ng provincial bus companies ang nawalan ng trabaho dahil sa pandemya, ayon sa grupo ng mga bus operator. Read more »

Unemployment in PH soars to 10.2% due to pandemic: DOLE

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 09 05:37 AM

MANILA - More than 420,000 Filipinos lost their jobs in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic affected the economy and forced businesses to close, according to the Department of Labor and Employment.  Read more »

Japan nangangailangan ng libo-libong caregivers: recruitment agency

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 08 07:23 PM

Walang gagastusin ang aplikante dahil sagot ito lahat ng employer at pag nakapasa, US$1,300 o mahigit P60,000 kada buwan ang take home pay. Read more »

Wages for housewives: party's manifesto pledge stirs debate in India

Anuradha Nagaraj, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Jan 07 11:15 PM

"Paying housewives for doing their job is an idea whose time has truly come and we shall ensure it," Haasan said in the party's election manifesto, without specifying how much homemakers would be paid or how the initiative would be funded.   Read more »

'Halos 3 milyong trabaho kailangang likhain ngayong 2021'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 06 08:10 PM

Halos 3 milyong trabaho umano ang kailangang likhain para makabangon ang bansa mula sa hagupit ng pandemya. Read more »

DOLE nagbabala laban sa mga nag-aalok ng pera, trabaho sa social media

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 06 03:09 PM

Pinayuhan ng DOLE ang publiko na ugaliing berepikahin muna ang registration ng mga kompanyang nakapangalan sa Facebook page bago makipag-transaksiyon o magbigay ng mga mahahalagang impormasyon sa mga ito. Read more »

Google employees form workers' union in US

Reuters
Posted at Jan 04 09:25 PM

More than 200 Google employees in the United States have formed a workers' union, the elected leaders of the union wrote in a New York Times opinion piece on Monday. Read more »

Mga negosyante positibo ang pananaw sa pagnenegosyo sa 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 29 12:50 PM

Mas positibo ang pananaw ng mga lokal na negosyante sa pagnenegosyo sa bansa sa susunod na taon, base sa pinakahuling survey ng Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. Read more »

US bill banning Xinjiang imports over forced labor concerns fails to become law

Owen Churchill and Jacob Fromer, South China Morning Post
Posted at Dec 23 05:30 PM

The legislation is expected to be reintroduced when the next congressional session convenes in January. The measure was omitted from the must-pass spending bill that passed both houses of Congress late on Monday Read more »

China's stunning export comeback has factories scrambling for workers

Gabriel Crossley and Stella Qiu, Reuters
Posted at Dec 22 10:14 AM

China's manufacturing recovery, fuelled in part by demand from COVID-constrained consumers abroad, has soared past expectations this year, so much so that factories are now struggling to fill a shortage of blue-collar workers to clear mounting orders. Read more »

ALAMIN: Maaaring gawin ng DOLE 'pag di nagbigay ng 13th month pay ang employers

Zen Hernandez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 21 11:31 PM

May mga maaaring gawin ang Department of Labor and Employment para pwersahin ang mga employer na bayaran ang mga manggagawa ng kanilang 13th month pay. Read more »

Labor dept seeks to prioritize minimum wage earners, OFWs in COVID-19 vaccine program

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 20 12:23 PM

The labor department has asked government to place minimum wage earners and Filipino migrant workers among those prioritized to be given COVID-19 vaccine, its chief said Sunday. Read more »

All workers entitled to 13th month pay: labor dept

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 20 12:13 PM

All Filipino workers are entitled to 13th month pay, the labor department said Sunday ahead of its deadline on Christmas Eve. Read more »

Araw ng mga migrante ginunita; dagdag na proteksyon sa OFWs inihirit

Johnson Manabat, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 18 06:52 PM

Ayon kay Bayan Muna Rep. Ferdinand Gaite, may mga panukalang batas na sa Kamara para tugunan ang hinaing ng mga tripulanteng Pinoy. Read more »

Labor group asks gov’t: Give free COVID-19 vaccine to workers

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 17 09:18 PM

MANILA – The country’s largest labor organization on Thursday appealed to government to include workers in its vaccination program against COVID-19, which officials are eyeing to start next year. Read more »

DOLE pinag-aaralan ang P6,000 standard salary para sa mga kasambahay

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 17 02:57 PM

Iminungkahi ni Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello ngayong Huwebes ang pagkakaroon ng P6,000 standard salary para sa mga kasambahay. Read more »