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DTI says no need for workers without symptoms to be tested for coronavirus

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 07 04:35 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) - The Department of Trade and Industry said Friday there would be "no need" to test workers who show no symptoms of novel coronavirus infection as authorities seek to boost the Philippine economy after falling into recession due to the pandemic.  Read more »

Can a physically taxing job be bad for our brains?

Gretchen Reynolds, The New York Times
Posted at Aug 07 07:06 AM

Physical demands required for work may have negative consequences for brain health, a new study suggests. Read more »

Acing the online job interview

Julie Weed, The New York Times
Posted at Aug 04 04:11 AM

To successfully make the jump to team member from virtual job seeker, brush up on classic interview techniques and adapt them to the new world of internet interviews. Read more »

Google to extend work-from-home policy to mid-2021

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 28 04:25 AM

Google will allow most employees to work from home through to July 2021 in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the tech giant said Monday. Read more »

Lenovo releases new business laptops in PH as work-from-home setups continue

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 24 05:31 PM

Lenovo has released a new lineup of business laptops in the Philippines, targeting companies who wish to provide a better work-from-home setup for their employees.  Read more »

Trabaho para sa OFWs na nawalan ng trabaho alok sa virtual, physical job fair

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 18 08:23 PM

Magkakaroon ng halong virtual at physical job fair ang PEZA ngayong buwan, kung saan karamihan ng mga opening ay galing sa mga business processing outsourcing company na rehistrado sa PEZA. Read more »

Gov't says to put up one-stop shop for pandemic job hunters, retrenched workers in NCR

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 16 02:28 PM

The government will put up a one-stop shop for job seekers and retrenched workers in Metro Manila, including those from ABS-CBN Corp, Malacañang announced Thursday as jobs of millions of Filipinos remain at risk due to the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

Villanueva pushes more benefits for those working from home

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 15 08:52 PM

Senate Committee on Labor chair Joel Villanueva on Wednesday pushed for amendments to the Telecommuting Act, saying more benefits must be given to home-based workers to motivate them to work from home during the global pandemic. Read more »

Flight attendant nagbebenta ng baked goods para mapunan ang limitadong biyahe

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 15 08:49 PM

Dumidiskarte sa pamamagitan ng baking at pagtitinda online ang isang flight attendant habang limitado ang mga flight at hindi pa siya makabalik sa trabaho.  Read more »

What Jinri Park tells those looking down on her work as a waitress

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 15 04:49 AM

MANILA -- It might be that a reminder on the importance of taking tiny steps when starting over is exactly what many need.  Read more »

Senator files bill proposing P1,000-monthly allowance for home-based workers

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 13 05:09 PM

Sen. Francis Tolentino on Monday filed a bill seeking to grant a monthly allowance worth at least P1,000 for all home-based workers to help them offset additional expenses from working at home. Read more »

San Lazaro Hospital denies 'understaffing,' assures nurses of safety measures

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 12 04:14 PM

The San Lazaro Hospital on Sunday assured its staff that it values their "safety and welfare" after its nurses said they might quit due to work overload.   Read more »

Johnny Depp says wife-beating claim made him 'Quasimodo'

Dmitry Zaks, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 11 09:20 AM

Hollywood star Johnny Depp on Friday accused British tabloid newspaper The Sun of turning him from "Cinderella to Quasimodo" by claiming he beat his ex-wife Amber Heard, as he spent a fourth day under questioning in a London court. Read more »

US woman says she was fired because her children disrupted her work calls

Allyson Waller, The New York Times
Posted at Jul 09 08:17 AM

A California woman has sued her former employer, saying that she was fired because her young children were making noise during business calls while she was working from home because of the coronavirus pandemic.   Read more »

Home-based workers should get tax cuts for extra electricity expenses: Tolentino

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 06 06:36 PM

Sen. Francis Tolentino on Monday said that additional electricity expenses incurred by employees from working at home should be deducted from their tax dues.   Read more »

Microsoft says to teach 25 million people digital work skills

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 01 08:11 AM

Microsoft on Tuesday launched an effort to teach 25 million people around the world digital-age work skills free of charge by the end of the year.   Read more »

The long, unhappy history of working from home

David Streitfeld, The New York Times
Posted at Jun 30 09:30 AM

Three months after the coronavirus pandemic shut down offices, corporate America has concluded that working from home is working out. Many employees will be tethered to Zoom and Slack for the rest of their careers, their commute accomplished in seconds.   Read more »

Marcos seeks amendment to Telecommuting Act to limit office work to 2 days per week

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 29 06:24 PM

Sen. Imee Marcos on Monday pushed to amend the Telecommuting Act to limit the number of an employee's physical presence at work to two days a week. Read more »

Teachers’ group seeks suspension of DepEd order on work arrangements

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 29 02:26 PM

The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) on Monday urged the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Disease (IATF) to suspend the implementation of an order by the Department of Education (DepEd) that sets alternative work arrangements for education workers during the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

Many BPO firms expect growth this year despite COVID-19 disruptions

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 26 11:40 AM

The IT and Business Process Association of the Philippines said almost half of the companies it surveyed are still optimistic about growth this year, with strong demand from the healthcare, telecoms, e-commerce and logistics sectors. Read more »