The country’s employment rate climbed to 96.1 percent in August, a sign of a resilient and adaptive labor market that continues to recover and prepares workers for emerging industries, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said on Thursday, Oct. 9. DOLE Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma said...
Sen. Raffy Tulfo on Wednesday, Oct. 8, called for the filing of appropriate charges against the erring Business Processing Outsourcing (BPO) companies that forced their employees back to work after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in Cebu. Tulfo said this during the hearing of the Senate Committee on...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will distribute approximately P559 million in assistance and open 98,282 employment opportunities through simultaneous job fairs and cash payouts under its “Handog ng Pangulo 2025” program on Saturday, Sept. 13. DOLE said the initiative, held in...
The Philippine employment rate dipped to 94.7 percent in July 2025 amid the entry of 1.7 million new workers into the labor force, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said on Wednesday, Sept. 10. The July Labor Force Survey showed the unemployment rate rose to 5.3 percent from 4.7...
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...
