More women bring home bacon–study
By Tina G. Santos
More women are moving out of the home and into wage employment in the nonagricultural sector, according to the Department of Labor and Employment.
More women are moving out of the home and into wage employment in the nonagricultural sector, according to the Department of Labor and Employment.
Marlyn Alcera has long been trying her luck to find a better-paying job. On Wednesday, her perseverance finally paid off, after having to queue since 6 a.m. to get into the job fair organized by the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) at a Pasay City Mall finally paid off.
There will be no wage increase for workers on May 1, but there are as many as 400,000 job opportunities here and abroad, and the possibility of nonwage benefits when President Aquino sits down with various labor groups for breakfast on Labor Day.
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Monday reminded employers to abide by the pay rules for the Holy Week holidays.
A workers’ union demanded that a labor official be punished after they allegedly caught her rigging the results of a union certification election in favor of the company’s management.
Don’t use the students and out of school youth that will be hired under the government’s summer jobs program for political activities.
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has ordered a rubber tire plant in Valenzuela City to temporarily halt its operations after an on-site accident left a worker dead last month.
Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz advised young Filipinos on Friday to take up courses that would land them high-paying jobs over the long term, saying a recent study by the Bureau of Local Employment showed that the most lucrative jobs over the last five years were in the fields of aviation, banking and finance, business process outsourcing, creative industries, cyber services, manufacturing, and mining.
Six minors aged 12 to 16 years old were rescued from child labor in Las Piñas City, where a junk shop operator made them dismantle electronic components that exposed them to toxic substances like lead and mercury, the Department of Labor and Employment reported on Wednesday.
Labor Secretary Rosalinda lamented Thursday that a number of companies are not complying with Presidential Decree No. 851 and shortchanging their workers by not giving their 13th month pay.
Private sector workers who did not receive their 13th-month pay in December should report their employers to the Department of Labor and Employment, the DOLE said.
The provincial government of Northern Samar has become the first provincial government unit in the country to enact a local anti-child labor ordinance, complete with an initial P1-million funding for its implementation, according to the Department of Labor and Employment.
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has issued the rules on the payment of wages for the regular and special holidays next year.
