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While jobless rates were up in most parts of the country, Central Visayas, particularly Cebu, seemed unfazed by developments in the labor force. Latest figures from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed that the region’s unemployment rate…
Will the estimated 9,000 employees affected by the 291 “end of contract” or endo cases become regular employees or not? The affected employees of these pending endo cases at the Department of Labor in Central Visayas (DOLE-7)…
The Department of Labor and Employment in Central Visayas (DOLE-7) is set to form a task force this week to expedite the resolution of labor cases in the region involving prohibited forms of contractualization. DOLE-7 Director Exequiel…
Mercado Builders, Inc., the general contractor of IL Corso Festival Mall at the South Road Properties (SRP) in Cebu City is working towards full compliance with labor standards in two weeks. In a statement on Thursday, Filinvest,…
THE manager and contractor of a Filinvest-owned mall venture at the South Road Properties (SRP) in Cebu City have both committed to correct labor violations following a work stoppage order on the project’s construction issued by the…
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-7) issued a work stoppage order on a mall construction project located at the South Road Properties (SRP) in Cebu City. “We actually received a complaint letter from one of the…
A manpower agency with office at Barangay Pusok, Lapu-Lapu City, was raided yesterday morning by a joint operation of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) 7 and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 7 for operating…
If a bus strike similar to what happened in Manila occurred in Metro Cebu, imagine the public uproar and even violence that may break out between drivers, management and even passengers. Last Dec. 29, over 10,000 passengers…
At least 200 contractual workers from three different companies in Cebu face a bleak Christmas season and an uncertain 2017 as they await the result of their negotiation and schedules of meetings mediated by the labor department…
Fireworks makers and dealers in Barangay Babag, Lapu-Lapu City were told to comply with occupational safety and health standards as requirement to lift the stoppage order issued to all pyrotechnic makers in the country. Regional Director Exequiel…
THE Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) is asking its central office to redefine or revise its guidelines in extending assistance to affected families whose kin are drug surrenderers who are in jail.…
Manila — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is reminding private employers to pay their workers 30 percent more on Monday (Oct. 31) and on Tuesday, All Saints’ Day (Nov. 1) if they report for duty…
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