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Work from home law implementing rules released: labor dept

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 15 02:03 PM

Labor Secretary has signed the IRR of Republic Act 11165 or the Telecommuting Act, which will take effect after 15 days of publication, the Department of Labor and Employment said in a statement.    Read more »

Failon Ngayon: Work From Home

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 20 12:14 AM

Good news nga para sa mga kapamilya nating gustong mag-work from home dahil nitong nakaraang lingo ay pinirmahan na ni Pangulong Duterte ang batas upang mabalangkas ang sistemang work from home. Ito ang Republic Act 11165 o mas kilala bilang Telecommuting Act. Ano ang nilalaman ng batas na ito na tiyak na ikatutuwa ng mga manggagawang Pilipino? May pagkakaiba ba ito sa mga nagtatrabaho sa opisina at sa bahay?    Read more »

Home-based workers tend to be efficient, says telecommuting law author

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 16 01:09 PM

Private sector employees who opt to work at home will likely be more efficient than their office-based peers on top of helping their employers cut costs, the author of the telecommuting law said Wednesday, quoting studies abroad. Read more »

ALAMIN: Sino ang mga empleyadong sakop ng 'work from home' law?

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 16 12:20 PM

Saklaw nga ba ng Telecommuting Act ang lahat ng trabaho? Read more »

'Bagal, seguridad ng internet, problema sa Telecommuting Act'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 11 08:15 PM

May mga isyu pang dapat maresolba bago maipatupad ang Telecommuting Act sa Pilipinas. Kasama rito ang problema sa internet at cybersecurity, ayon sa isang grupo ng mga employer.  Read more »

Telecommuting Act ‘sends strong signal’ PH can be at par with global standards

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 11 07:58 PM

Malacañang on Thursday announced that Duterte has signed into law a bill that allows private sector employees to work from home. Read more »

Tired of traffic on way to office? Work from home bill signed into law

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 10 06:34 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a bill that allows private sector employees to "telecommute" or work from home. Read more »

Filipino English teachers wanted: Firm seeks to hire thousands

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 10 04:00 PM

The US-listed 51Talk currently employs 18,000 online English teachers, of which, 16,000 are Filipino, said its founder and CEO Jack Huang.  Read more »

Great Work from Home Jobs for Filipinos

MoneyMax.ph
Posted at Nov 21 11:45 AM

Now that the work-from-home bill or Telecommuting Act of 2017 is closer to becoming a law, having a home-based job has become more attractive.   Read more »

Millennials, single parents with 'up to you' schedules go freelance

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 21 11:26 AM

In the January to November period, the number of people seeking jobs on Freelancer.com rose to 30.8 million from 26 million, data from the platform showed. Most of the users are millennials aged 18 to 37. Read more »

Work from home offers fallback for AI-threatened jobs

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 21 12:31 PM

Up to 10,000 jobs daily are offered on Freelancer.com where 92,920 employers are looking for project-based workers for data entry, programming, graphic design, Excel and Photoshop. Read more »

Work-from-home bill 'one step closer' to becoming a law: solon

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 18 05:26 PM

The Telecommuting Act of 2017 also known as the work-from-home bill is only one step closer from becoming a law as it awaits the signature of President Rodrigo Duterte, Read more »

Senate ratifies work-from-home bill

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 03 09:43 PM

The Senate has ratified the bicameral conference committee report on a bill that allows private-sector employees to telecommute or work from their homes, the office of Senator Joel Villanueva said on Wednesday. Read more »

Ilang grupo, may alinlangan sa panukalang 'work from home'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 21 01:40 AM

Mainam man para di na maipit sa trapiko ang manggagawa, nag-aalala pa rin ang ilang grupo sa posibleng epekto ng "work from home" sa mismong estado ng paggawa. Read more »

DOLE looking into adaptability of 'work from home' scheme in PH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 17 10:24 PM

Labor and Employment Secretary Silvestre Bello said his department is studying if the "work from home" scheme would fit the current working conditions in the country. Read more »

Work offsite: House OKs bill allowing private sector employees to telecommute

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 16 05:39 PM

 A bill allowing private sector employees to work outside the office through "telecommuting" has been approved by the House of Representatives. Read more »

What makes freelancing tick?

Infographic by Louie Magano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 14 04:03 AM

Let us count the ways in this infographic.  Read more »

'Autonomy' lures millennials to freelancing: survey

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 03 11:00 AM

The freedom to work from anywhere and the flexibility in schedules are the top reasons why more young workers prefer freelancing over a corporate job, a survey said. Read more »

Jobseekers value health, family benefits over other perks

Infographics by Pamela Ramos, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 28 06:15 PM

What are the best incentives employers can use to attract jobseekers? Find out in this infographic based on information gathered by online job portal Jobstreet.com.  Read more »

Work from home booms due to traffic jams: Jobstreet

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 25 03:44 PM

Paralyzing traffic jams are forcing more Filipinos to work from home or rent living spaces near their offices, according to a jobs recruitment website. Read more »