A total of 200 workers displaced by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic will undergo training to become freelance food delivery riders for foodpanda Philippines, one of the popular food delivery online platforms in the country. The training program was formalized through the signing of...
• It’s not just a bike and a phone, it’s livelihood opportunity for the poor • The project was initiated by the Department of Labor and Employment’s Integrated Livelihood and Emergency Employment Program • Qualified citizens are given a bicycle, mobile phone and load to expand their...
Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III reiterated that employers cannot terminate their workers who refuse to get vaccinated but are allowed to order them not to report to work. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Bello cited the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious...
Mounting complaints on salary delays have been raised by contact tracers who were hired by the government to help identify and locate those who have close contacts with coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-infected persons. But Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Friday appealed to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to ensure that the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) resolution, now feared by unvaccinated workers, would not be abused by business owners, especially those in the restaurant and in-person...
A Palace official has asked the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) make vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) mandatory for specific workers. (Mark Balmores/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) In his letter to DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III, Presidential Adviser for...
The Philippines, through the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), has signed a memorandum of understanding with the United Kingdom (UK) to further improve the protection the rights of Filipino healthcare workers. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello...
The San Juan City local government, together with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), distributed 28 bicycles to displaced workers of the city as part of DOLE’s Bikecination project. (Photo from San Juan LGU) According to San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora, the Bikecination program...
Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles on Tuesday, Oct. 19 joined the call for an investigation of employers who are imposing a “no vaccine, no salary” policy, saying that the Department of Labor and Employment should unmask and penalize them. COVID 19 vaccine Nograles, vice chairman of the...
Around 100 informal workers in Caloocan City received bikes, cellphones, and P5,000 load allowance during the Bikecination Project awarding ceremony on Monday, Oct. 18. The awarding ceremony was led by Mayor Oca Malapitan and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello. The...
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III urged workers to report employers that are imposing a "no vaccine, no salary" policy as he reiterated that the practice is illegal. DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III (Photo from DOLE Facebook page) In a virtual media briefing...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has extended its livelihood assistance programs for needy workers in areas of Pangasinan who have been affected by the pandemic. A beneficiary of the Department of Labor and Employment's Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers...
