May 17, 2021 | Top Stories
About 700,000 Filipino workers have yet to return to their jobs even after movement restrictions were eased to the general community quarantine (GCQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR) Cavite, Laguna, Rizal, and Bulacan, also known as “NCR-Plus,” the Department of...
Oct 12, 2020 | Top Stories
The 13th month pay is “mandatory” under the country’s Labor Code and cannot be delayed, Malacañang said on Monday. Palace spokesman Harry Roque made the statement after Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said micro, small and medium enterprises...
Aug 17, 2020 | Top Stories
Palace spokesman Harry Roque on Monday downplayed results of a survey that found a record-high 45 percent of Filipinos jobless amid the Covid-19 pandemic, saying the situation “could have been worse.” The Social Weather Stations, in a survey conducted from...