Teachers overtime pay for election duty not in the budget, says Comelec chief

Jean Mangaluz 11/02/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) cannot give overtime pay for teachers who served as poll watchers in the elections, according to Chairman George Garcia. The Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC) had appealed to the Comelec…

Gov’t still owes 20,000 healthcare workers P1.94 billion in backpay

Kathleen de Villa 04/23/2023

MANILA, Philippines — About 20,000 healthcare workers who rendered duty in private hospitals during the pandemic have yet to receive their COVID-19 allowances amounting to P1.94 billion. Data from the United Private Hospital Unions of the Philippines (UPHUP) showed…

Working this Holy Week? Here’s how to compute your take-home pay

Wenilyn Sabalo 03/30/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Private sector workers who are required to report to work this Holy Week, which falls on April 2 until April 8, 2023, will receive a higher take-home pay. The Department of Labor and…

Employees working on April 9 to receive 300 percent pay

Rosalie Abatayo 04/09/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — While most individuals will observe April 9, 2020 at home, some workers, especially frontliners, will continue to work throughout this double holiday. Maundy Thursday and the Philippines’ 78th Day of Valor (Araw ng…

BIR: File ITRs, pay taxes online to limit COVID-19 risk

Krissy Aguilar 03/11/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) on Wednesday said it is not keen on extending the deadline for the filing of 2019 Income Tax Returns (ITR) beyond April 15, 2020, and instead encouraged taxpayers…

Bello issues holiday pay advisory

Jovic Yee 10/29/2019

MANILA, Philippines — Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III reminded employers on Monday to give workers their proper wages as the country commemorates All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day, which are both declared special nonworking holidays. In…

Raise nurses’ entry level pay to keep them from leaving – Pangilinan

07/24/2019

MANILA, Philippines – Senator Francis Pangilinan is pushing for the increase in the entry-level salary of government nurses to P30,531 to prevent them from seeking greener pastures overseas. In a statement on Wednesday, Pangilinan said his Senate…

ACT tells DepEd to stop misleading public on teachers’ pay

06/12/2019

MANILA, Philippines — The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) urged the Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday to stop misleading the public on teachers’ pay, after the latter claimed that a Teacher I receives P30,873 monthly compensation…

DOLE reminds employers: Follow proper pay rules on New Year’s Day

Inquirer.net 12/30/2018

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has reminded employers to observe proper payment of wages for employees who will work on New Year’s Day, a regular holiday. In a statement, DOLE said Labor…

Employers told to observe special non-working holiday pay rules on Dec. 8

Doris C. Bongcac 12/04/2018

The Department of Labor and Employment in Central Visayas (Dole-7) is asking employers to observe the pay rules that apply on December 8, 2018 (Saturday) that has been declared a special non-working holiday in commemoration of the…

‘Eat Bulaga’ scholar plans to pay it forward

12/02/2018

“EAT Bulaga” scholar Jaydee Lucero, who topped the November 2018 Civil Engineering licensure examination, has dedicated his well-earned success to his late father. Lucero, who graduated magna cum laude from the University of the Philippines-Diliman, got the…

Osmeña promises 14th month pay, P25K extra bonuses for Toledo City employees

Doris C. Bongcac 11/26/2018

Regular employees of the Toledo City Hall are expected to have a very Merry Christmas this year. In a message which he delivered in this morning’s flag raising ceremony, Mayor John Henry Osmeña announced that employees will…

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