LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — Workers and their families affected by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Southern Mindanao on June 8 may receive financial assistance and emergency employment support from the Department of Labor and Employment (Dole).…
BACOLOD CITY – The General Alliance of Workers Associations (GAWA), a Negros-based labor organization, has expressed disappointment on Sunday, May 24, after the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board-Western Visayas rejected a petition calling for a salary…
MANILA, Philippines — As the country marks Labor Day on Friday, senators called for concrete, immediate actions that strengthen rights and protect Filipino workers who have been pushed to the brink by rising costs and stagnant wages. According…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment in Central Visayas (DOLE-7) has rolled out employment and livelihood assistance for hundreds of workers displaced amid the closure of a garments factory inside the Mactan Export…
CEBU, Philippines — Skipping work during a calamity won’t cost employees their jobs or subject them to punishment, so long as their absence is due to imminent danger. This was the reminder from the Department of Labor…
For one day, workers ruled the world’s biggest streets. Thousands strong marched Wednesday to mark May Day, the first day of the month when workers’ rights are celebrated in demonstrations around the globe. From Seoul to Paris,…
MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court has ruled that illegally dismissed probationary employees are entitled to back pay from the time their compensation was withheld up to their actual reinstatement. In an en banc decision dated April…
CEBU CITY, Philippines— Everyday we get up and think: “another day, another grind.” As adults, we work to live the life we think we deserve. We work to give the life our loved ones deserve no matter…
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu – The Lapu-Lapu City Government through its Public Employment Service Office (PESO) has extended help to at least 13 garment factory workers who were recently displaced from their work. According to Kim Francisco, PESO…
MANILA, Philippines — The Senate on Wednesday approved on second reading a bill pushing for a P100-daily minimum wage hike for private sector workers. Senate Bill No. 2534 under Committee Report No. 190 was unanimously approved during…
Listen to Cebu Daily Newscast and get the latest stories in and around Cebu. Here’s what you need to know on Thursday, September 14. Workers in Central Visayas to get P33 daily pay raise starting next month…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Workers in Central Visayas will receive an early Christmas gift starting next month. This is after the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board in Central Visayas (RTWPB-7) approved a P33 increase in the…
