From overseas Filipino workers to entrepreneurs. Many OFWs have started to believe there are better opportunities beyond overseas work as more than 3,700 returning OFWs, including those who were repatriated from troubled countries, have ventured into business in 2012, according to the Department of Labor and Employment.
Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz has reminded employers about the timely release of the 13th-month pay of their workers.
Workers who reported for duty despite the suspension of work in areas hit by heavy rains and massive flooding last Tuesday would get additional pay, the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) said on Thursday.
MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has lifted its suspension order on Keppel Subic Shipyard Inc. (KSSI), Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said on Sunday. Baldoz said Keppel had implemented “corrective measures on occupational safety and health” that the labor department recommended after the accident at its shipyard that claimed the lives of six [...]
Malacañang said on Tuesday that the work stoppage mounted by employees of Philippine Airlines would have adverse effects on the country’s economy.
Finally, after 37 long years, the Labor Code of the Philippines, which was originally issued as Presidential Decree No. 442 during the martial law years, has been amended to meet the demands of 24/7 operations in the business community. With the recent enactment into law of Republic Act No. 10151, the prohibition on women from [...]
