The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will find out for itself which companies have been imposing the alleged "no vaccine, no work" policy on its employees. DOLE Undersecretary Benjo Benavidez (Screengrab from Facebook live) DOLE Undersecretary Benjo Benavidez said Thursday, Aug. 12 that...
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III reiterated on Monday, Aug. 9 that employers can't make vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) a condition or requirement for work. DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III speaks during a virtual press briefing on...
The Department of Labor and Employment's (DOLE) latest request to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) indicates that Filipino healthcare workers (HCWs) continue to leave the Philippines amid the raging coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (Kevin...
From left: Bea BInene, Arnell Ignacio, and Tuesday Niu in 'Oh My Job!' In this weekend's episode of the top-rating show "Oh My Job!" hosted by Arnell Ignacio, Tuesday Niu and Bea Binene, Labor Secretary Silvestre “Bebot” III will lead a discussion on what will happen to employees who are...
Desperate times like the upcoming two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR) call for creative budgeting on the part of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), especially if it wants to give cash aid to displaced workers in a timely manner. (File photo/...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will ask the national government for an additional budget of P2 billion in order to sustain its one-time cash assistance program for workers who have been affected by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III...
Fixing a 35-year-old "oversight" of the country in the International labor scene is among the top priorities of Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III during his year-long stint as chairman of the International Labor Organization's (ILO) Government Group. (Mark...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) continues to crank out timely "ayuda" or assistance via its flagship Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) program. DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III (Photo from DOLE Facebook page) On Saturday, July 31, DOLE Secretary...
If Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos would have his way, he would have Filipinos work from home for the next two weeks as a way to halt the spread of the highly-contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Photo by Thought Catalog/ Unsplash)...
Eight National Capital Region (NCR)-based food companies under the umbrella of San Miguel Corporation (SMC) have been given "safety seal" by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). SMC President and Chief Executive Officer Ramon S. Ang (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) A statement from DOLE...
As far as the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is concerned, food delivery and courier riders are covered by either the Labor Code of the Philippines or the contract or agreement they have with their respectively digital platform company, depending on the existence of an employer-employee...
Officials from the Philippines and Oman have signed an agreement that would effect the resumption of the deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to the western Asian state. (MANILA BULLETIN) In a Zoom meeting last Monday, July 19, Philippine labor officials headed by Department of Labor and...
