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Workers can go straight to DOLE for P5,000 cash aid: Bello

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 31 12:49 PM

Bello said the one-time cash assistance of P5,000 per employee of DOLE can be availed by workers themselves by contacting the agency. Read more »

P5,000 cash aid: Labor chief says proof of payroll needed

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 30 11:40 AM

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello on Monday urged employers to avail of financial assistance for workers affected by the COVID-19 lockdown. 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 »

Netizens squeeze Dole pineapples, mistaking it for Labor Department

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 25 04:47 PM

Dole Food Company, which supplies groceries with pineapples, bananas and other fruits, was again mistaken by some netizens for DOLE, the department headed by Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello. Read more »

Partial deployment ban sa Kuwait ipatutupad kasunod ng pagpatay sa OFW

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 02 07:51 PM

Nakatakdang magpatupad ang Pilipinas ng partial deployment ban ng mga household service worker SA Kuwait kasunod ng panibagong kaso ng pagpatay sa isang overseas Filipino worker roon.   Read more »

READ: 'Double pay' guidelines for April regular, special non-working holiday

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 17 07:29 PM

Workers who are required to work on regular holiday including April 9, 18, and 19 should receive twice their usual daily wages, the labor department said Wednesday. Read more »

DFA warns vs job recruiters on social media

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 29 06:05 PM

Those who received job offers via social networking platforms should first "check the veracity" of the recruiter and employer with the POEA. Read more »

Labor group says P25 wage hike in Metro coming, Bello says unofficial

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 24 05:54 PM

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III refused to confirm the amount of the increase. He said he has not received a copy of the supposed order from the National Capital Region Wage Board. Read more »

OPINION: Kadiri

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at May 31 09:47 PM

Stealing cellphones is the pits in the list of undesirable behavior of Duterte appointees. Read more »

'EO sa kontraktuwalisasyon, naudlot dahil sa takutan'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 17 06:32 PM

Idinetalye ng isang labor leader ang aniya'y dahilan kung bakit di natuloy ang nakatakdang paglagda ni Pangulong Duterte sa isang EO na sana’y mangangasiwa sa iba’t ibang klase ng kontraktuwalisasyon sa bansa. Read more »

Mga manggagawa, inaasahan ang pagpirma ni Duterte ng EO ukol sa 'endo'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 14 04:28 PM

Ayon pa kay Tanjusay, alas-4 ng hapon sa Malacañang gagawin ang pirmahan at dadalo ang mga labor leaders upang tunghayan ang "makasaysayang" EO.  Read more »

Kuwait-based OFWs on vacation exempt from deployment ban

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 14 03:19 PM

Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) based in Kuwait who are currently on vacation are not covered by the Philippine government's deployment ban to the Gulf state, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said Wednesday. Read more »

'Pagbaba ng demand para sa OFW sa Saudi, dapat paghandaan'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 07 01:30 PM

Nagbabala ang isang NGO na nagbibigay ng ayuda sa mga OFW na maaaring bumaba ang demand o pangangailangan sa mga manggagawang Pinoy sa Saudi Arabia.   Read more »