Duterte OKs employment recovery plan

Jul 1, 2021 | Nation

President Rodrigo Duterte has signed Executive Order (EO) No. 140 adopting the National Employment Recovery Strategy (NERS) as his administration’s master plan for boosting the labor market, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said.The eight-point recovery...

700,000 Filipino workers still displaced — DTI

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...

Gov’t tells businesses: Release of 13th month pay ‘mandatory’

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...

Survey: 45% of Filipinos jobless amid pandemic; Palace cites ‘resilience’

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...