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Some P950,000 in penalties were slapped by the labor department on erring companies in the first five months of the year for failing to meet the requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Standards (OSHS) law, according to Senator Joel Villanueva. Citing data from the Bureau of Working Conditions, some 22,774 establishments nationwide were inspected […]
Reelectionist Senator Sonny Angara is urging the families of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Libya to convince their loved ones to return to the Philippines as soon as possible after the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) raised to the highest level the crisis alert in the North African state due to intense fighting around the […]
Reelectionist Senator Sonny Angara is calling on President Rodrigo Duterte to sign into law a measure that would exempt an estimated 1.3 million first-time jobseekers from paying for government documents needed in their job applications. These documents include clearances from the police and the National Bureau of Investigation, medical certificate from public hospitals, birth and […]
Senator Joel Villanueva on Labor Day paid tribute to the resilience and sacrifices of Filipino workers as he expressed his continued commitment to advocate for the country’s labor sector by plugging loopholes in the bureaucracy that allow the influx of illegal foreign workers in the country. “In the hearings we conducted, we’ve laid out how […]
Senator Joel Villanueva emphasized that the safety and health of workers in their workplaces is a paramount concern as he discussed the provisions of the newly-passed law that he principally authored in a summit held in Balanga City, Bataan. Republic Act 11058 calls for strengthening compliance with Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) standards and providing […]
Reelectionist Senator Sonny Angara urged government to guarantee the safety and security of all Filipinos in Libya amid escalating military tensions there, as he appealed to workers in the North African country to heed the call of the Department of Foreign Affairs’ (DFA) for their voluntary repatriation to the Philippines. “We are appealing to all […]
Senator Joel Villanueva has called on the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR) to keep a closer watch on companies seeking to run offshore gaming operations in the country as the country grapples with the problem of illegal foreign workers. Villanueva said it appeared that Pagcor merely issues licenses to virtual casinos, formally called Philippine […]
Senator Joel Villanueva is pushing for the inclusion of a special provision requiring the Bureau of Immigration (BI) to first coordinate with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) before issuing special working permits to foreigners who intend to work in the Philippines for less than six months. According to Villanueva, this is consistent with […]
Senator Joel Villanueva has welcomed the signing into law of his bill which allows employees in the private sector to telecommute or work-from-home. RA 11165 or An Act Institutionalizing Telecommuting as an Alternative Work Arrangement for Employees in the Private Sector encourages employers to adopt telecommuting – a work arrangement that allows an employee to […]
Senator Sonny Angara has pushed for additional funding to boost programs and services aimed at providing overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) with faster and more accessible government services. “The Senate will increase the budget of the Labor Department to improve its One-Stop Service Centers for OFWs to make government frontline services accessible to Filipinos who are […]