Private sector urged to participate in improving gov’t’s K to 12 program

Victor Anthony V. Silva 03/22/2017

To bridge the gap between skills in the workforce and the labor needs of businesses today, the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) is calling for more or greater private sector participation in shaping the government’s…

SSS holds 23rd Labor Dialogue

PR 03/21/2017

OVER 80 labor group representatives were present during the 23th Labor Dialogue hosted by the Social Security System (SSS) last February 17 at the Executive Lounge of SSS Main Office in Diliman, Quezon City. The participants representing…

Bello signs order prohibiting labor contracting, subcontracting

Inquirer.net 03/16/2017

MANILA — Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III finally signed on Thursday the Department Order (DO) on contracting and subcontracting. Department Order No. 174 superseded DO 18-A, which was earlier reviewed by the Department of Labor and Employment…

Labor task force eyed to handle pending ‘endo’ cases in CV

Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/28/2017

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)…

DOLE to create task force to resolve ‘endo’ cases

Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/28/2017

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…

Holding commuters hostage

01/05/2017

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…

200 contractual workers seek DOLE’s assistance

Izobelle T. Pulgo 12/27/2016

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…

Duterte’s ‘endo’ gains traction, 24K workers regularized

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/18/2016

Employers across the country have heeded President Rodrigo Duterte’s call to stop contractualization. In his keynote speech at the Labor Summit on Friday in Cebu City, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said that as of November 11,…

Deadly compromise

Editorial 10/21/2016

The deaths of three workers due to accidents in the northern Cebu town of Liloan and at a mall in Cebu City are just the latest in a long list of work-related deaths in Cebu that, while…

China veterans protest pension delays

10/17/2016

BEIJING — For Yu Shuiping and other Chinese veterans, the country they served has yet to show its gratitude. Fed up with paltry pensions and benefits, they’re taking to the streets, hoping to shame the government into…

Gov’t should first clean its ranks

Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/14/2016

Amid the Duterte administration’s thrust to rid the country of unjust contractualization practices, the challenge is big for the government to enforce reforms within its ranks. Senator Joel Villanueva, chairman of the Senate Committee on Labor and…

DOLE gears up for start of ‘stop endo’ campaign

Victor Anthony V. Silva 08/23/2016

With the consultations on labor contractualization completed, the Labor Department will soon start assessing business establishments as part of its implementation of the “Stop Endo” campaign. “The central office (DOLE) has already finished its three consultations in…

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