THE COUNTRY’S unemployment rate slid to 7.2% in April from 8.0% a year earlier and 7.4% in the previous quarter, data from the National Statistics Office showed.
A total of 2.9 million jobless Filipinos were recorded out of the 39.7 million-strong labor force in April.
However, the underemployment rate, or the proportion of members of the labor force who wanted additional work, rose to 19.4% from 17.8% last year.
Employment stood at 92.8% or a total of 36.8 million workers. More than half of these (51.7%) were in the services sector. Agriculture was the second largest sector, accounting for 33.0% of the workers, followed by the industry sector (15.3%). — Cyril L. Bonabente, Businessworld
World Day for Safety and Health at Work
“Safety and health at work every day!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations against serious violations of Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government
(NUG) of Myanmar.
Reject Military!
#WearMask #WashHands #Distancing #TakePicturesVideos
Monthly Observances:
March – Women’s Role in History Month
April – Month of Planet Earth
Weekly Observances:
Last Week of March: Protection and Gender Fair Treatment of the Girl Child Week
Last Week of April – World Immunization Week
Daily Observances:
Mar 25 – International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transallantic Slave Trade
Mar 27– Earth Hour
Apr 21 – Civil Service Day
Apr 22 – World Earth Day
Apr 28 – World Day for Safety and Health at Work
