Sen. Raffy Tulfo is pushing for an across-the-board minimum wage for workers in Metro Manila and the provinces. Tulfo, vice chairperson of the Senate Committee on Labor and Employment said that currently, the daily minimum wage for non-agricultural workers in the National Capital Region (NCR)...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano renewed his call for the creation of an Executive-Legislative Labor Commission (LabCom), saying it is key to fixing the country’s wide wage disparities. Cayetano made the pitch as the Senate Committee on Labor, Employment, and Human Resources Development reviewed the...
Senator Raffy Tulfo on Thursday, Sept. 4, warned Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma on Thursday. Sept. 4, that he will move to defer the agency’s 2026 budget if it fails to improve performance and remove erring field inspectors who neglect their duties. Tulfo...
TACLOBAN CITY — Northern Samar emerged as the top province in Eastern Visayas for labor and employment in 2024, preliminary data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-Region 8 said. The province had a 98.1 percent employment rate and the lowest unemployment rate at 1.9 percent. It also...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso announced on Wednesday, Aug. 20, that health certificates issued in the city will now be valid for one year, replacing the previous policy under which all certificates expired on Dec. 31 of the year they were issued. Domagoso made the move following his...
Over 900 students in Isabela received P3.95 million in wages through a short-term work program during school breaks, giving financially challenged youth practical job experience from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). DOLE said the amount was released under its Special Program for...
More Filipinos are securing regular employment as the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) ramps up programs aimed at expanding access to quality jobs and enhancing workforce readiness. DOLE said its sustained efforts to expand employment opportunities contributed to the country’s improved...
More than 220,000 new jobs across major industries are expected to be generated from ₱4.6 trillion in investments on various industries, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said. The investments, according to DOLE Secretary Bienvenido E. Laguesma, cover 187 certified projects...
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) closed eight branches of a consulting firm across the country on Friday, August 1, after it allegedly engaged in illegal recruitment of teachers and professionals in the hospitality industry, some of whom had paid up to half a million pesos just to be...
Stronger employment facilitation at the local level, coupled with increased job-seeking activity and expanded government training programs, helped raise the country’s employment rate to 96.1 percent in May, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported on Wednesday, July 9. DOLE...
Malacañang has welcomed the increasing labor force participation rate in the country, saying it was the result of the administration 's job fairs. “Siyempre po masaya po at malugod na tinatanggap po ng Pangulo ang pag-uulat na iyan dahil nakikita po natin ang pagpupursige ng administrasyon...
Modernization and digitalization initiatives implemented through the Public Employment Service Offices (PESOs) led to the sourcing of more than 5.76 million job vacancies last year, according to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). DOLE OIC-Assistant Secretary Patrick P. Patriwirawan Jr....
