Alan Tanjusay, Trade Union Congress of the Philippines spokesman, said Tuesday they will re-file their appeal for a wage hike, but said that they would probably ask for a bigger amount compared to their first petition set at P85.
Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz on Tuesday urged all private-sector employers to observe the pay rules and other labor rules during the 2012 Christmas and New Year holidays.
This was the appeal of the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (Ecop) to lawmakers in the wake of bills that seek to increase workers’ wages and stop contractual employment.
It will be mostly sunny from now on for the employees of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) as they will be receiving at last their suspended and overdue benefits.
A Senate committee is readying the arrest warrant for a couple who has repeatedly failed to appear in a legislative inquiry on the alleged torture of a domestic helper.
There are 3 million child laborers toiling in the Philippines and almost all of them are working in hazardous conditions, according to a survey financed by the International Labor Organization (ILO).
A militant group urged senators to “move on” from the impeachment trial and discuss calls for a wage hike, a Radyo Inquirer report by Ruel Perez said early Tuesday.
Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz on Tuesday downplayed the results of a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey which showed that the number of jobless Filipinos rose by more than four million.
Granting a P125 across-the-board minimum wage increase for 40 million workers is going to cost P1.43 trillion for a P9-trillion economy, President Benigno Aquino III said Tuesday.
Tens of thousands of workers staged rallies across the country to demand jobs and higher wages, as the labor department conducted job fairs in a number of urban centers.
The salary increase next month for government workers is of little help, especially to lower level employees, All UP Workers Union national president Felix Pariñas said Tuesday.
The “good news” that President Benigno Aquino III announced at his breakfast meeting with labor leaders on Labor Day Tuesday was not good enough for workers.
The airline industry will cooperate with the Ombudsman in investigating a complaint filed by airport customs examiners against their immediate superiors for allegedly padding their overtime claims with airline companies, and pocketing, instead of distributing properly, the money collected.
