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Registration for labor unions and federations may soon be easier and faster after the House of Representatives has approved on second reading House Bill 8186 which seeks to streamline the process of registration for labor unions and federations and reduce the minimum membership requirements. The bill aims to strengthen further the right of workers to […]
Senator Joel Villanueva has hailed the Senate’s ratification of the bicameral conference committee report on the proposed law which will allow employees in the private sector to telecommute or to work from home. The bicam report emphasizes that telecommuting – a work arrangement that allows an employee in the private sector to work from an […]
Senator Joel Villanueva Chair of the Senate Committee on Labor, Employment, and Human Resources Development said the passage of TRABAHO bill (Tax Reform for Attracting Better and High-quality Opportunities) should be delayed if it would only cause worker layoffs as admitted by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). During the Senate deliberation on the […]
Senator Sonny Angara said the Senate committee would not proceed with its deliberation of the TRABAHO bill unless government can present definitive data on the impact on jobs. During a recent senate hearing, Finance Undersecretary Karl Chua insisted that more jobs will be created in the long run under the Tax Reform for Attracting Better […]
Senator Sonny Angara has urged government to intensify its jobs programs that will help Filipinos, especially the youth, land high paying jobs amid high youth unemployment and underemployment rates in the country. Based on the July 2018 labor force survey, 1.04 million or almost half of the 2.32 million unemployed Filipinos are youth from the […]
With the continuous rise in the prices of basic commodities, the need for a wage hike is now “imperative,” Special Assistant to the President Bong Go said. When asked to comment on calls made by various labor groups to implement an across-the-board wage hike, the presidential aide said he would “let the Department of Labor […]