Ten workers died, 4 injured or ill, in seven* serious work incidents in the Philippines in January-March 2021, an NTUC Philippines compilation of media reports show. The lockdowns, plant closures, suspension of operations contributed to the ‘low’ level of incidents and deaths. [Read more.] Three demolition workers died, two others injured, after a building in…
2020 Yearender Sixty workers were killed, six injured or ill, in twelve* serious work incidents in the Philippines in January-December 2020, an NTUC Philippines compilation of media reports show. One incident in agriculture, another in a mill warehouse, three in construction, one construction worker on the way to work, one March medevac airplane incident, one…
16 women rescued from trafficking Roel Pareño – The Philippine Star April 26, 2022 | 12:00am ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines — Sixteen women who were victims of human trafficking were rescued in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi on Sunday. The women were on board M/V Kristel Jane 3 that was docked at the port of Bongao and was set to…
Dominguez: New US-led owner of Subic shipyard to create 300 new jobs a year By: Ben O. de Vera – Reporter / @bendeveraINQ Philippine Daily Inquirer / 03:42 PM April 24, 2022 President Duterte’s chief economic manager on Sunday said an American firm’s takeover of the massive Subic shipyard shuttered in 2019 would generate 300 new jobs at the…
Lawrence Agcaoili – The Philippine Star April 21, 2022 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects the Philippine economy returning to its pre-pandemic growth level in 2024 after closing the output gap arising from the impact of the pandemic by next year. IMF resident representative Ragnar Gudmundsson said in an email…
Top 40 call centers in the Philippines Last updated: April 12, 2022 by Outsource Accelerator The business process outsourcing industry in the country continues to grow in the post-pandemic world. Hitting a US$26.7 billion growth in 2020, BPOs, especially call centers, quickly adapted to remote working to serve their clients better. As the world slowly opens up again,…
By Ruben D. Torres IN a period of more than three years, the minimum wages of workers in the private sector have not changed. The last minimum wage adjustment was in December 2019, issued by the regional board of BARMM. For the National Capital Region, the last wage order was issued in November 2018. During…
Rhodina Cabrera – The Philippine Star April 2, 2022 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — The non-government group Oxfam Pilipinas has commissioned a study that showed that Filipino women are still bearing the brunt of unpaid care work, resulting in many of them juggling full-time work and a “second shift” at home tending to backbreaking household…
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.
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