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ENSURE 80% OF EMPLOYED BY FILIPINO EMPLOYERS ARE PINOYS – VILLANUEVA

With the influx of foreign nationals in the local labor market, Senator Joel Villanueva said Filipino employers should give Filipino workers preferential treatment over foreign workers. Villanueva, chair of the Senate Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development, said Presidential Decree No. 442, or the Labor Code of the Philippines, should be amended to […]

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Government

HOUSE APPROVES ON SECOND READING BILL REGULATING EMPLOYMENT OF FOREIGN NATIONALS – NOGRALES

The House of Representatives approved on second reading House Bill 8368 which seeks to strengthen the regulation of employment of foreign nationals in the country. To implement the employment regulation, the bill, principally authored by Rep. Karlo Nograles (1st District, Davao City), who is now Cabinet Secretary, seeks to amend Articles 40, 41 and 42 […]