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DOLE urges prioritization of minimum wage earners, OFWs in COVID vaccine drive

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 11:00 PM

MANILA - The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is urging the national government to include minimum wage earners among sectors that will be prioritized in the vaccination against COVID-19. 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 »

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 »

Hundreds of Indian workers demand unpaid wages from Saudi construction firm

Anuradha Nagaraj, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Oct 19 09:27 PM

CHENNAI - Hundreds of Indian migrant workers who were laid off by a construction company in Saudi Arabia due to the coronavirus pandemic have filed a rare complaint to the Indian government over unpaid earnings, lawyers and campaigners said.   Read more »

Airlines warn of more bankruptcies as wage support ends

Reuters
Posted at Oct 07 02:55 AM

PARIS - Global airlines warned on Tuesday that the coronavirus-stricken industry was on course to burn through another $77 billion in cash in the second half of 2020, calling on governments to renew expiring wage support programs. Read more »

‘Kawawa nurses natin’: Bello ‘strongly recommends’ pay hike for private medical workers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 11 09:04 PM

Bello also called for the scrapping of contractual work agreements of health care workers at private hospitals, saying they should be hired full-time. Read more »

'Walang mangungupit': DOF chief says digitizing cash aid distribution to curb corruption

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 25 10:44 AM

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez on Tuesday said digitalization would eradicate corruption in cash aid distribution, after it has been put to test in the small wage subsidy program during the coronavirus pandemic.    Read more »

Advertising slump during virus crisis hits media jobs

Taimaz Szirniks, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 08 06:29 AM

Media redundancies, partial layoffs and managerial wage cuts are on the rise as advertising markets implode, despite customers showing an ever stronger appetite for information on the coronavirus crisis. Read more »

DOLE warns against paying wages in tranches

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 29 03:09 PM

Employers should pay the wages of their workers in full and at the right time, the Department of Labor and Employment said Wednesday as it warned against the payment of salaries in tranches. Read more »

Wage subsidy beneficiaries should claim money by June 28: DOF

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 27 02:17 AM

Beneficiaries of P51 billion in wage subsidies for small business have only until June 28 to claim their share from remittance outlets, the Department of Finance said Friday. Read more »

Jobs, payrolls to aid Philippines' economic rebound: trade chief

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 02 10:22 AM

Filipinos keeping their jobs and getting paid will help revive spending and fuel economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, one of President Rodrigo Duterte's economic managers said Tuesday, after he eased one of the world's longest lockdowns. Read more »

Ilang manggagawa dumadaing dahil wala pang nakukuhang wage subsidy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 14 07:28 PM

Ibibigay na simula sa susunod na linggo ang ika-2 bugso ng tulong-pinansiyal na hanggang P8,000 sa mga kwalipikadong manggagawa sa ilalim ng small business wage subsidy program. Pero marami pang manggagawa ang wala pang natatanggap na tulong. Read more »

Private schools seek P2.4 billion wage subsidy for teachers during COVID-19 crisis

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 14 06:20 PM

A group of private schools on Thursday urged senators and Department of Education (DepEd) officials to provide a wage subsidy for teachers who also lost their income due to the coronavirus crisis. Read more »

Lacson, Poe: Prioritize cash aid for poor over airlines' plea for P8.6-billion monthly subsidy

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 12 05:06 PM

Senators Panfilo Lacson and Grace Poe on Tuesday said they prefer to prioritize the allocation of funds for subsidies for the poor, instead of granting a P8.6-billion monthly assistance for the aviation sector. Read more »

One seat apart in planes? Airlines say 'not economically viable'

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 11 02:09 PM

Physical distancing in flights, where passengers will be seated one seat apart, will be unprofitable, the Philippines' airlines told lawmakers, as they reiterated their call for government aid. Read more »

Villar wants daily wage earners to return to work the soonest

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 05 06:32 PM

Sen. Cynthia Villar on Tuesday urged the government to allow daily wage earners to return to work as soon as possible amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Read more »

Imee Marcos seeks payroll relief for small businesses

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 30 03:34 PM

The government should consider shouldering three quarters of the payroll of hard-hit small businesses to help them restart from the COVID-19 lockdown, the head of the Senate economic affairs committee said Thursday. Read more »

SSS to provide financial aid to small business owners, employees starting May 1

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 29 11:08 PM

MANILA - The Social Security System (SSS) on Wednesday announced that the government has approved its small business wage subsidy (SBWS) program to provide aid for small business owners who are not capable of paying the salaries of their employees due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

SSS kinalampag dahil wala pang nailalabas na calamity loan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 27 07:09 PM

Kinalampag ang Social Security System ng mga miyembro nito dahil matatapos na ang Abril pero wala pa ring nailalabas na calamity loan ang ahensiya. Read more »

SSS website screening cash aid application down for 3rd day

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 21 11:04 AM

A website of the Social Security System that was supposed to screen applications for cash aid for 3.4 million workers of small businesses was down for the 3rd straight day on Tuesday.    Read more »