MANILA, Philippines — Business permits of companies should not be renewed if they fail to give their workers their 13th-month pay. This was the suggestion of Senator Raffy Tulfo during Tuesday’s Senate committee hearing on labor, employment,…
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Around 4,000 workers from five locators of Mactan Export Processing Zone (MEPZ) in Lapu-Lapu City, which engaged in manufacturing clothes have lost their jobs after they were retrenched by these firms. In their…
MANILA, Philippines — Parañaque City Rep. Gus Tambunting wants all public officials and workers to submit medical certificates every year to show they are fit to work. Tambunting has refiled a measure that his wife, former Rep.…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment in Central Visayas (DOLE-7) paid more than P467 million in wages to workers of the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged or Displaced Workers (TUPAD) project in various…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — A man died while another suffered injuries when they were separately electrocuted in Cebu City on Friday afternoon, June 10, 2022. Renzo Del Rosario, data management chief of the Cebu City Disaster Risk…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City is looking into the possibility of giving tax amnesty as a form of reprieve to businesses following the P31 minimum wage increase in the region. Cebu City mayor Michael Rama said…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The labor group Alyansa sa mga Mamumuo sa Sugbo-Kilusang Mayo Uno (AMA Sugbo-KMU) said the P31 minimum wage increase is an insult to Central Visayas workers. On March 24, 2022, the Central Visayas…
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte on Labor Day saluted Filipino workers for their “great passion, integrity and professionalism” in everything that they do, whether locally or overseas. “These qualities have not only brought economic gains to…
BACOLOD CITY — Workers in the Western Visayas will mark a bleak Labor Day celebration on Sunday, May 1, due to the non-approval of their plea for a wage hike. Wennie Sancho, Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB)…
MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The Barangay Health Nutrition Workers (BHNW) in Mandaue City on Monday, have requested the city to increase their monthly honorarium of P3,300. In a meeting on Monday, April 4, city officials agreed that…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Workers of the different companies in Cebu City can now have their booster shots at their respective workplaces. Their employers only needed to coordinate with the Cebu City Vaccination Operation Center (VOC) and…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Only 15 percent of the employees of the Cebu City Hall are not yet vaccinated, which means that City Hall workers are getting close to getting their Christmas bonuses. Among the 9,999 employees…
