The National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) has approved the salary increase for minimum wage earners in Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), Bicol and Eastern Visayas, the Department of Labor of Employment (DOLE) has disclosed. In a statement, DOLE said the NWPC decision affirmed the...
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...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) recognized 10 Public Employment Service Offices (PESO) and job placement offices for being its frontline partners in promoting productive employment on the local level during the 23rd National PESO Congress from October 25 to 27 in Palo, Leyte. LABOR...
The National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) has approved a wage increase ranging from P30 to P35 for minimum wage earners in the Ilocos and Western Visayas region, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said. In a statement, DOLE said the wage increase— P30-P35 in Ilocos Region...
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) on Monday, Oct. 16 reminded employers to follow the payment of wages for those who will report for work on the official non-working days. DOLE Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma said that the “no work, no pay” policy will be in effect for Oct. 30...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has increased the maternity and death benefits for workers in the sugar industry under the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) fund. This, after Labor Secretary Bienvenido E. Laguesma signed DOLE Administrative Order No. 318, expanding the workers’...
BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has released over P1-million worth of assistance to a farmers’ association and Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Displaced Workers (TUPAD) beneficiaries in Loreto town, Agusan del Sur province. FARMERS in Loreto, Agusan del Sur pose...
The relevant government agencies of the Philippines have been working on ‘global certifications’ that could be accorded for the right-skilling of workers that will be joining the labor force of the country’s flourishing renewable energy (RE) sector. According to Energy Secretary Raphael P.M....
The business process outsourcing (BPO) industry had the most number of job vacancies in the country with more than 15,000 available jobs awaiting interested applicants, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said on Wednesday, Oct. 4. The DOLE said that a total of 15,144 job vacancies...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reminded employers from the private sector of their obligation to protect informal workers, including household helpers, from gender-based sexual harassment (GSBH) in workplaces. DOLE Undersecretary Benjo Santos M. Benavidez stressed that it is required...
(File photo) The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is anticipating that more regional pay boards will raise the minimum wage for workers in the private sector before the year ends. So far, DOLE Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma said the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards (RTWPBs)...
