Senator Joel Villanueva on Wednesday backed the proposal of the country's economic experts to implement alternative work arrangements, particularly the work-from-home scheme, to cushion the impact of the continuous oil price hike on Filipinos. Villanueva, chairman of the Senate committee on labor,...
Malacañang on Wednesday, March 16, said the proposal for a four-day workweek and the extension of the work from home (WFH) arrangements are still being considered by President Duterte. (MARK BALMORES / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In a virtual Palace briefing, Presidential Communications...
Former Makati City Representative Monsour Del Rosario on Thursday called on the Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) to reconsider its decision to push through with its order for Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and Information Technology (IT) companies to resume on-site work starting April 1....
The Senate Committee on Labor and Employment on Thursday, March 10 advised the government to temporarily withdraw its ultimatum for Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) companies to end work from home (WFH) arrangements of their employees or lose tax incentives. Villanueva, committee chairman, said...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion stressed anew the importance of allowing children to return to schools and employees to their offices to the restoration of the Philippine economy to normalcy. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion (Screenshot from PTV)...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo wants to incentivize the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry and telecommunication companies in a bid to decentralize the industry and offer more work-from-home arrangements to Filipinos. Vice President Leni Robredo (Mark Balmores/MANILA...
A teachers’ group on Thursday, Dec. 9, urged the leadership of the Department of Education (DepEd) to call the attention or even “take legal actions” against field officials who allegedly violate the agency’s policy on teachers’ work arrangements. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA...
As the Philippines eases out of one of the world’s longest lockdowns to give way for economic recovery, businesses are trying to figure out how to deal with the new work cultures that emerged during the pandemic. With the lifting of travel restrictions, employers are now challenged to...
The Civil Service Commission (CSC) has extended its work-from-home (WFH) arrangement after the government decided to continue the pilot implementation of the new Alert Levels System for coronavirus (COVID-19) response in the National Capital Region (NCR) until Oct. 15. Civil Service Commission...
The Employees' Compensation Commission (ECC) is still looking at the possibility of including employees who have been infected with COVID-19 while on a work-from-home arrangement in its cash assistance benefits. (Photo by Chris Montgomery on Unsplash) In a virtual Laging Handa briefing on Thursday,...
Remote work is here to stay and for many, it has become an opportunity to discover better ways to work efficiently or pursue their own passion projects at home. Because of this, people have turned to home improvement projects and transform areas of their houses into ad hoc offices that will be...
Information Technology Business Process Management (IT-BPM) enterprises in economic zones may implement a work-from-home (WFH) arrangement until the end of the first quarter next year, the Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) approved. Based on the FIRB Resolution No. 19-21, IT-BPM enterprises...
