In a move aimed at strengthening healthcare support and improving teacher welfare, the Department of Education (DepEd) has approved the release of a P7,000 annual medical allowance for public school teachers, giving them the option to either avail themselves of Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)...
The Department of Education (DepEd) has released new guidelines on the payment of overtime services for public school teachers, ensuring they are fairly compensated for work rendered beyond their regular schedules. The policy was formally announced by Education Secretary Sonny Angara during the...
Public school teachers will start getting paid for teaching overload and for their overtime work starting this school year, President Marcos announced during his State of the Nation Address (SONA). “At ngayong school year na ito, makakatanggap na kayo ng kabayaran para sa inyong teaching...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Trabaho Party-list called on government agencies to monitor employers' compliance regarding Filipino workers' entitlement to overtime pay and holiday benefits, particularly during Holy Week. "Recognizing the sacrifices of our...
Mayor Abby Binay Makati City Mayor and senatorial aspirant Abby Binay announced on Thursday, Jan. 23, her plan to push for tax exemptions for the 13th month pay and overtime pay of workers working in both private and public sectors saying that this will help alleviate the financial burden of...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has reminded local government units (LGUs) against the grant of overtime pay to employees who are not qualified for payment of overtime work and disbursement of overtime funds without appropriations. In its audit report, the COA cited the case of Claveria town in...
As it welcomed the latest policy issued by the Department of Education (DepEd) on payment of teaching overload, a group of education workers urged the government and the agency’s leadership to ensure full and sufficient funding for it. (DepEd / MB Visual Content Group) “To ensure that these...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Public school teachers who toiled beyond working hours during the recent Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) deserve to get overtime pay. Thus, said House Deputy Minority leader ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro...
Even without extending the voting hours, a group of education workers on Monday, May 9 urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to pay for the extra hours the teachers spent while serving as poll workers for the 2022 elections. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT)...
Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) standard-bearer Bongbong Marcos has taken up the cudgels for public school teachers by calling on authorities to ensure that they receive their overtime pay particularly for their upcoming election duties. (Mari Gimenez/ Unsplash) Marcos pointed out that while the...
A group challenged the newly-appointed chairperson of the Civil Service Commission (CSC) Karlo Nograles to “once and for all” resolve the issue of teachers' unpaid overtime for School Year (SY) 2020–2021. (Photo from Alliance of Concerned Teachers - Philippines Facebook page) In a letter...
Teacher-unionists on Wednesday, Jan. 26, staged two picket protests to reiterate their demand for the provision of 25 percent overtime premium and service credits for 77 excess workdays in the last school year. Teacher-unionists from the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) staged a picket protest...
