Imagine that you’ve been working in your job for a while. You enjoy your work, know how to do it well, and take pride in the results you produce. And then one day things change. Perhaps a new boss is hired from the outside, who doesn’t talk to you or your colleagues in sufficient depth…

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S&P says ‘overcrowding’ a major challenge Standard & Poor’s said it believed that banks in the Philippines were not yet prepared for the tougher competition that would result from the integration of Southeast Asian economies.

MANILA, April 24 (Xinhua) — Two conflicting views have emerged in the Philippines on whether or not the country is ready for economic integration in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) under the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) which will start to take effect next year.

MANILA, Philippines — (UPDATE – 4:41 p.m.) Two months after it declared the Cyber Crimes Prevention Act of 2012 constitutional, the Supreme Court dismissed on Tuesday several motions for reconsideration filed by media and militant groups as well as members of the academe on the ruling, particularly the provisions on cyber libel.

AFP News – This file photo shows a group of Filipino domestic workers collecting their luggage from a carousel at Manila airport, on August 15, 2006. The Philippines is to resume sending workers to Israel as …more If you’re planning to work abroad, you might want to keep an eye out for job openings in…

The Supreme Court (SC) has affirmed its ruling last February upholding the constitutionality of key provisions in the controversial Republic Act No. 10175 or Cybercrime Prevention Act.

The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday stopped the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) from implementing its new regulation imposing additional requirements for registration of self-employed professionals, including doctors and lawyers.

MANILA – In a move to address labor issues in the call center sector, Labor Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz and Jose Mari Mercado, president of the Information Technology-Business Processing Association of the Philippines (IT-BPAP), are scheduled to sign on Friday a landmark partnership agreement and a two-year joint action plan for its workers.

Forty-four leaders representing nine national labor federations, 26 enterprise-based unions in special economic zones and in the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry, and workers in the informal economy gathered recently to commemorate the 2014 International Workers Memorial Day with the theme: “Unions Fight for Safety and Health at Work!”

AN oligarchy is defined as a form of government in which economic and political power lies in the hands of the few. Countries with this kind of government are often controlled by a few prominent families who pass on their influence from one generation to the next. Inheritance is not a necessary condition for an…

MANILA, Philippines — The Central Azucarera Don Pedro Inc. (CADPI) assured its stakeholders on Wednesday that the 16 casual workers who were injured in its sugar refinery in Nasugbu, Batangas on Good Friday have all been declared “out of danger.”

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—An international human rights group has slammed Qatar for failing to protect foreign maids and other domestic workers from exploitation, adding pressure on the Gulf state over its labor practices as it gears up to host the 2022 World Cup.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor will hold 65 job fairs throughout the country on May 1, Labor Day. In a statement, Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said the 65 job fairs will gather nearly 2,000 employers with 115,384 job vacancies.

After the Philippine Supreme Court (SC) dismissed all motions for reconsideration over the constitutionality of the controversial Cybercrime Prevention Act in February, the law’s detractors are now looking to elevate their concerns to the United Nations.

COUNTRIES IN ASIA must continue working on developing their economies further as the region becomes more interconnected, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said.

FORTUNE — It’s that time of year again: Spring is in the air, Monarch butterflies are traveling north, and Verizon’s (VZ) data breach report is making the rounds, freaking out already freaked-out chief information security officers around the globe.

IT’S summertime once again: time to enjoy the sand, surf and sun! But it’s also a time to watch out for heatstroke, food poisoning, sore eyes, prickly-heat rashes and many other ailments associated with this season. For some of us, being unable to go to work because of an illness could mean financial difficulties. Thank…

GENDER experts said yesterday that women in the Philippines, on the average, earn less than their male counterparts yearly.

MANILA, Philippines — (UPDATE 2 – 6:41 PM) The Supreme Court on Tuesday indefinitely extended the temporary restraining order it issued preventing Meralco from implementing a questioned P4.15-per-kilowatt-hour power rate hike. The high court voted 14-0 for the indefinite extension on the day the original TRO was supposed to expire. Also covered by the injunction…

(Second of two parts) As I explained in my column on Monday, the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Reproductive Law, rather than a victory for President Aquino, is not only a calamitous defeat for this administration. Perhaps more seriously, it also portends the High Court’s rejection of his two other policy monsters—the Disbursement Acceleration Program…

I AGREE with Mr Lawrence Loh Kiah Muan that “a happy retirement requires mental preparedness and financial adequacy” (“What’s needed for a happy retirement”; last Thursday).

Meanwhile, in Catbalogan City in Samar, 20 employees of the Department of Education (DepEd) were hospitalized after they complained of chest pains due to fumes coming from a generator set on Wednesday.

Why the rich now have less leisure than the poor FOR most of human history rich people had the most leisure. In “Downton Abbey”, a drama about the British upper classes of the early 20th century, one aloof aristocrat has never heard of the term “weekend”: for her, every day is filled with leisure. On…

MANILA, Philippines—Sixteen workers inside a Batangas sugar cane factory were injured after a toxic chemical was poured accidentally into the water system that burned their skin.

BATANGAS – Sixteen factory workers were hospitalized after they were accidentally showered with a toxic chemical while inside a pipe at the Central Azucarera Don Pedro plant in Nasugbu town on Good Friday, police said.

Advocates say the decade-long wait allowed for the mobilization of the public – the ‘strongest method’ to ensure implementation MANILA, Philippines – It’s all systems go for the Reproductive Health (RH) law, and advocates now look to the Department of Health (DOH) and local government units (LGUs) to ensure its proper implementation.

Personal remittances by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in February rose from a year earlier, but marked a second monthly slowdown since December 2013.

A new decree will take effect in May, requiring employers to cover insurances for domestic workers, give them weekly rests and pay them no less than minimum wages. Most of domestic workers are rural women. © ILO HANOI (ILO News) – Detailed regulations on domestic work have been issued by the Government of Viet Nam,…