Women make up nearly half of international fisheries workers, but they are often paid far less than their male counterparts – and sometimes not at all – when toiling in the $500 billion industry, a U.N. report said on Tuesday.

Don, a senior vice president for sales at a global manufacturing company, wakes up late, scrambles to get showered and dressed, has an argument with his teenage daughter over breakfast, then gets stuck in traffic on the way to work and realizes he will be late for his first meeting.

Let’s be clear: Skills mismatch is not an emerging markets problem. It’s universal and affects both wealthier parts of the world – whether the United States or the European Union – and emerging markets. In a way, it’s more visible in industrialized economies, thanks to their comprehensive labor market statistics. In developing countries, we have…

There’s nothing worse than having your Friday ruined by realising it’s only Tuesday. The average person spends 90,000 hours of their life in the workplace. With so much time spent at work, it’s important that you’re happy there. Tuesday’s should be just as good as Fridays. How can you make sure you have that Friday…

This is the most popular blog post of 2014. See the rest of the top 15 here. If you have ever been in an interview, then you have undoubtedly had to answer the “Tell Me About Yourself” question. It is so common that it is often neglected during our interview preparation. However, it is arguably…

I once heard a saying that the workplace isn’t like college. College is about doing well and getting ahead. Instead, the workplace is like high school – it’s all about who likes you and who doesn’t. When we’re thinking about human interaction in the workplace and how it impacts performance, that’s a pretty apt analogy.…

DAVAO CITY — The government remains confident export earnings will breach the $100-billion mark in 2016, despite a slowdown in the first quarter this year, led by processed agricultural and mineral products as well as information technology services, an Export Development Council (EDC) official said.

Later this year, the UN will set the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals. These goals will follow on from the previous Millennium Development Goals. The plethora of targets that is likely to emerge will make it hard to use them either as policy levers for change or as a means of charting progress. Instead, because knowledge…

Work / life balance is hard to achieve – but how can you get a great one? Balance at Work help with the infographic below! Takeaways: Say no with a smile. Manage your time better. Schedule in periods for FUN!

The wait is almost over for the country’s 120,000 retired soldiers and pensioners as the Commission on Audit (COA) has granted their petition seeking to claim from the government close to P18 billion in pension arrears that have accumulated in the last 12 years.

The Department of Education has approved tuition and miscellaneous fees increases by 1,246 private schools that offer basic education.

From the Department of Labor and Employment Workers and concerned citizens are urged to report risky and unsafe conditions and practices in establishments. Read more to find out who you can call in your respective region.

                  THE Philippines is among the top 5 countries in the world with fastest economic growth both in medium and long term, according to United States-based think tank IHS Global Insight.

Mula sa Department of Labor and Employment Noong nakaraang linggo, inilabas ng World Economic Forum ang Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2015 nito kung saan ang Pilipinas ay nasa ika-74 sa 141 bansa sa tourism competitiveness, mataas ng 8-marka mula sa nakaraang antas na ika-82 (2013).

MANILA, Philippines – The 72 dead workers of Kentex Manufacturing Corp. could have survived the fire that hit the slipper factory on May 13 if fire alarm systems were installed, a task force looking into the tragedy said yesterday.

Last Sunday, I attended the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial and the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT) at the Quezon City Memorial Circle. Organized by the Project Red Ribbon (PRR), the twin events telescoped the gravity of our HIV-AIDS situation.

May 23rd 2015 | From the print edition Timekeeper On May 19th official statisticians announced that Britain entered deflation in April, with consumer prices standing 0.1% lower than a year earlier. It is first time since 1960 that annual inflation has been negative. Back then, prices pepped up again quickly. The Bank of England expects…

Did you know that HIV-positive mothers can transmit the virus to their children during pregnancy, labor, delivery, or breastfeeding? MANILA, Philippines — Despite the many efforts of advocates to educate the public about HIV/AIDS, the number of Filipino babies infected with the disease is still going up, said World Health Organization (WHO) country representative Julie…

From the Department of Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz unveiled labor laws-compliant markers in three Bataan economic zones—the Freeport Area of Bataan; PAFC Petrochemical Industrial Park; and Hermosa Industrial Park. Bataan is the first province in the country to have all its economic zones certified labor laws compliant under the new Labor Laws Compliance…

From the Department of Labor and Employment Policies for household service workers (HSWs) is to be strictly enforced to further protect the rights and promote the welfare of OFWs in Lebanon.

Press Releases Oliver Cann, Director, Media Relations, Tel.: +41 79 799 3405; Email: Oliver.Cann@weforum.org New Human Capital Report finds that a world where “nobody is left behind” remains a distant prospect, even in advanced economies First study of its kind measures countries’ ability to nurture talent through education, skills development and deployment at all stages…

MANILA, Philippines – Demand for power will outpace supply in the Philippines in the next five years as regulatory and bureaucratic uncertainties persist, a report by the Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) said.

From the Department of Social Welfare and Development DSWD’s program, the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) has completed some 7,531 community projects from 2011 to April 15, 2015.

Dr Flavia Bustreo, Assistant Director General for Family, Women’s and Children’s Health through the Life-course, World Health Organization We’ve come a long way since 1995–and it is time to celebrate women and their achievements. But it is also time to take stock of how women’s rights are fulfilled in the world –especially the right to…

From the Public-Private Partnership Center The Philippines has been recognized as most improved country in Asia-Pacific for PPP readiness in the recent report by The Economist Intelligence Unit last April entitled “Evaluating the environment for public-private partnerships in Asia-Pacific, The 2014 Infrascope.”

If you’ve been lucky enough to travel across the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey (MENAT) region over the past few years, you likely will have noticed what I would characterize as a great sense of potential. From the energy and entrepreneurism of our youth to the tremendous value of our human capital and the…

THE LONG legacy and enduring presence of “extractive” political and economic institutions in the Philippines as reflected by patronage politics has been one of the key constraints to the country’s growth, according to a visiting Harvard political scientist.

Gavin McMahon, cofounder of fassforward strategy and communications consulting group in New York, thinks that it’s a fundamental mistake to see presenting advice as one-size-fits-all. He’s spent the last seven years collecting data from his company’s work with clients like Microsoft and Estee Lauder. He’s determined that presenters naturally have different ways of prioritizing words,…