Senator Grace Poe said on Friday, May 17 that concerned agencies must provide alternative livelihood to thousands of jeepney drivers who are now jobless amid the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP) rollout. "The trainings and employment opportunities being touted should be...
Employees in the private sector who would report for duty on Wednesday, May 1, are entitled to full pay plus 200 percent of their basic wages, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said. In Labor Advisory No. 6 series of 2024, DOLE Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma said May 1, which is observed...
ILOILO CITY – Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go, with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the National Housing Authority (NHA), has provided assistance to displaced workers from two towns of Iloilo province. Go led the emergency employment program for 570 beneficiaries displaced by...
Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on Monday, April 8 urged the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to provide some flexibility to workers who need to work despite the scorching hot weather. Estrada made the appeal after the DOLE issued Advisory No. 17-2022 giving workers an option not...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has distributed P12.5-million worth of assistance to different marginalized sectors in eastern Pangasinan. Senior Labor and Employment Officer (LEO) Mary Jane D. Hufano said tricycle operators and driver groups in Santa...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-6 is implementing a P10.4-million livelihood project for drivers and operators displaced by the phase out of traditional jeepneys in Western Visayas. THE United Negros Transport Cooperative (UNTC) receives a check for P1 million to...
Sen. Raffy Tulfo called out the presence of discrimination in hiring K to 12 senior high school graduates since most jobs in the country still prioritize college graduates. Sen. Raffy Tulfo proposes the integration of an enterprise-based training program into the senior high curriculum as soon as...
BUTUAN CITY – More than 1,000 jobs will be offered in the mega job fair in the Caraga region of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in celebration of its 90th founding anniversary with the theme “DOLE@90: Serbisyong Mabilis at Matapat sa Bagong Pilipinas” at Robinsons Place here on...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has awarded the livelihood program that benefited Indigenous Peoples (IP) as the construction of the Iloilo mega dam project is ongoing. CONSTRUCTION ongoing at the Jalaur High Dam, one of the three dams being built in Calinog town,...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has reminded all private sector employers to release the 13 th month of their workers on time. The early release of the 13 th month pay is stipulated in the Labor Advisory No. 25-2023 signed by DOLE Secretary Bienvenido E. Laguesma. Under the law, the...
BUTUAN CITY – The Tabon Farmers’ Association (TFA) in Nasipit, Agusan del Norte, has received P700,000 worth of livelihood assistance under the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Integrated Livelihood Program (DILP) facilitated by the Army 23rd Infantry (Masigasig) Battalion (IB)....
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has released guidelines on cancer prevention and control in the private sector. In the Labor Advisory No. 20-2023 signed by DOLE Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma, all private enterprises are required to implement the policy mandated under the Republic Act...
