The Court of Appeals has upheld Malacañang in its decision to allow Philippine Airlines to axe 2,600 employees in 2010, saying this was a valid management move to revive the money-losing airline.
Local telecommunications giant Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. has struck a deal to sell an 80-percent stake in its business process outsourcing businesses under Spi Global Holdings Inc. to a unit of global private equity firm CVC Capital Partners.
The Department of Trade and Industry remained confident that the recent declaration of President Barack Obama to withdraw support for “businesses that ship jobs overseas” will not make a dent in the booming business outsourcing process (BPO) industry in the Philippines.
Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz on Wednesday defended the government’s policy on outsourcing at the International Labor Organization regional meeting being held here after an ILO delegate questioned the government’s handling of the labor dispute at Philippine Airlines (PAL).
Local companies are increasingly embracing outsourced supply chain management services, in an effort to increase their operational efficiency and become more competitive in their respective sectors.
MANILA, Philippines—Flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) has called on its retrenched employees to keep their protests peaceful and to refrain from hampering the airline’s operations. The PAL statement asserts that while protests have been allowed, protesters encamped at the parking lot in front of its Inflight Center near Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) Terminal 2 [...]
The walkout by members of the Philippine Airlines Employees Association (Palea) from their jobs last week at the height of typhoon “Pedring” may be considered an act of desperation. The striking employees were on the verge of losing their employment with PAL. Effective October 1, their work will be outsourced to companies that pay less [...]
Malacañang said on Tuesday that the work stoppage mounted by employees of Philippine Airlines would have adverse effects on the country’s economy.
MANILA, Philippines—National flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) said its plan to cut 2,600 jobs by October 1 would go ahead as scheduled despite continued protests and threats of a possible strike by the company’s labor union. PAL on Wednesday said that its restructuring was vital to the company’s long-term survival, adding that it had to [...]
Business leaders on Friday cheered Malacañang’s decision to allow Philippine Airlines to outsource its non-core operations as part of efforts to restructure the struggling flag carrier. Beyond helping the airline to compete better, the industry leaders said the decision of the Aquino administration sends a strong signal to both local and foreign businessmen that the [...]
NEW DELHI—India’s main outsourcing trade body on Monday said the US rating downgrade could boost the South Asian country’s flagship information technology sector by pushing overseas clients to seek more savings. At the same time, the National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) added in a statement it was “also counseling the Indian IT [...]
THE BOARD of Investments has teamed up with computing giant IBM Philippines to implement programs that will build the capabilities of local business process outsourcing personnel in languages other than English. A joint statement issued yesterday said that the partnership, dubbed “Philippines as the Global Leader in Multilingual BPO,” aimed to identify sources of multilingual [...]
