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…

Mandaue City employees to receive pay hike next week

Dominic D. Yasay 12/16/2016

THE Mandaue City Council has approved yesterday three ordinances that seek to increase the salaries and honoraria of government workers in the city. During its regular session last December 14, the City Council has approved City Ordinances…

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…

SAFETY VIOLATIONS EYED

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/15/2016

Labor officials in Cebu eye possible safety violations in the construction of a wall of a warehouse in Lilo-an town that collapsed Friday and, as of yesterday, has claimed the life of two of the nine injured…

DOLE orients service providers on ‘endo’

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 08/15/2016

THE regional Department of Labor and Employment conducted an orientation on “endo” or end of contract orientation to service providers Monday morning. “We are telling them what is labor contracting which is prohibited.Being providers they should refrain…

Cebuanos laud tax cut

Carmel Loise Matus, Inquirer, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/26/2016

Customer service associate Darlene Hermano said she joined the millions of Filipinos who welcomed President Rodrigo Duterte’s announcement of plans to lower taxes. “Apart from the benefit of having a good pay, Filipinos will have the chance…

Some seniors support cleansing of aid master list

Nestle L. Semilla 07/14/2016

LONGTIME senior residents of Cebu City supported Mayor Tomas Osmeña’s plan to review the master list of beneficiaries of the city’s cash aid and limit it to those registered in the city since 2008. Esmeralda Alon, a…

Hundreds affected as city cuts labor costs

07/01/2016

MORE than 200 street sweepers and around 540 barangay health workers will lose jobs. Mayor Tomas Osmeña said in a press conference yesterday that he is now focusing on hiring part-time sweepers to reduce labor costs. He…

Terminated City Hall workers contemplate filing case vs Margot

Edison Delos Angeles, Izobelle T. Pulgo, Nestle L. Semilla 06/07/2016

Around 1,000 job order employees of the Cebu City government who were dismissed from service are expected to flock to the office of private legal counsel Atty. Inocencio dela Cerna today to consult the lawyer about the…

More Job Order workers terminated

Nestle L. Semilla 06/02/2016

MORE Job Order (JO) workers were terminated yesterday by Cebu City Acting Mayor Margarita Osmeña. Of the 58 recently terminated JOs, 39 were under the Parks and Playgrounds Commission and 19 from the Cebu Environmental Sanitation and…

DOLE: No labor wage hike on May 1

Nestle L. Semilla 04/27/2016

There won’t be any salary increase for Cebu’s workers before May 1, Labor Day. In yesterday’s press conference, Labor and Employment Undersecretary Nicon Fameronag said the wage increase will only be granted to workers in Regions 2,…

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