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…
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…
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 (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…
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,…
Workers who toil under the heat of the sun should be given some breaks to avoid dehydration or sunstroke. In yesterday’s press conference, Labor Undersecretary Rebecca Chato said they will issue an order within this month requiring…
EMPLOYERS who field personnel should give noon breaks to prevent them from sustaining heat stroke, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said. Labor Undersecretary Rebecca Chato said they expect to issue an order on this within…
THREE days after she was supposed to get her salary, 24-year-old casual employee Lykka Cabaral was relieved to hear the news that they will be paid today. “Malipayon gyud ko kay at least karon ni-assure na sila.…
Job Order (JO) workers of Mandaue City will have extra cash this month even if they are not qualified to receive a Christmas bonus. Mandaue City Budget Officer Atty. Giovanni Tianero said JO workers will receive their…
AFTER a failed negotiation last Monday, members of the Korean Electric Power Cooperation (Kepco) union held their first protest rally in front of the power plant compound in the City of Naga yesterday morning. About 100 people…
The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board kicked off its wage consultation in Central Visayas. Regional Director Exequiel Sarcauga of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-7) said they will assess the positions of the sectors before…
THE Cebu City Day Care Workers’ Federation will celebrate the National Day Care Workers’ Week on June 7-11 with the theme “Day Care Workers: Sa Matapat, Mahusay at Magiliw na Paglilingkod, Kakayahan at Kagalingan ng mga Bata…
