Sergio Ortiz-Luis Jr.

Employers and the shift to EU sustainability regulations

December 03, 2024 9:46 pm

To remain competitive in the global market, Philippine companies must adapt to the European Union's (EU) increasingly stringent environmental, social, and governance (ESG) requirements. 

Mandatory wage hike excludes supermajority of workers

March 04, 2024 1:59 pm

The proposed legislated P100 national wage hike continues to be a heated issue as a group of informal sector workers has joined three business groups to resist its passage, saying the proposal will exclude a “supermajority” of workers from any wage increase and might even lead to them losing their jobs.

Why OFW reintegration is important for Philippine employers

September 26, 2023 10:03 am

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have debilitated a wide gamut of our lives from the economic, social, cultural, and even psychosocial perspectives. Brick-and-mortar stores closed down due to a lack of demand, multinational corporations have to retrench their employees overseas, and employment in the domestic market has dwindled dramatically as the economy melted down due to the lack of movement. Along with the global economic meltdown, the effect of mass and unplanned return of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) in the Philippines posited both a challenge and an opportunity for the government and the private sector.

ECOP, TESDA sign agreement on skills development

April 20, 2023 6:59 am

PH MSMEs and the sustainable dev’t goals

March 01, 2023 5:01 am