Tag: labor market

LABOR BILLS FOR WORKERS’ PROTECTION GETS HOUSE OK

Post author By Hazel Chua
Post date November 23, 2022
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Four bills which seek to protect certain labor groups, have hurdled the third and final reading in the House of Representatives. Rizal 4th District Rep. Fidel Nograles, who chairs the Committee on Labor, lauded the passage of House Bills 988 (Increasing the Service Incentive Leave of Workers Act), 924 (Barangay Skilled Workers Act), 227 (Caregivers […]

Tags House of Representatives, labor market, labor protection, Rizal Rep. Fidel Nograles

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DECLINE OF UNEMPLOYMENT, UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATES A GOOD SIGN – VILLANUEVA

Post author By Yna Sipelimo
Post date June 7, 2019
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Senator Joel Villanueva has welcomed the latest government data on the continued decline of unemployment and underemployment rates as a “positive sign” that efforts to generate jobs for Filipinos continue to matter. The April 2019 Labor Force Survey by the Philippine Statistics Authority showed that unemployment dropped to 5.1 percent from 5.5 percent while underemployment […]

Tags April 2019 Labor Force Survey, labor market, Philippine Statistics Authority, Senator Villanueva, underemployment, unemployment