Industrial Relations

With the tenure of non-career executive service officials expiring on Sunday, six senators seek granting civil service eligibility to temporary government workers.

Dear PAO, If an individual is working for a certain company as a contractual employee (five months only), is he entitled to receive a holiday pay even if he doesn’t report to work? Or will he get the double of his pay only when he reported to work? Please help me. Thanks. Mark

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MANILA, Philippines – The National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB) has ended labor disputes at 2 prominent companies in the country, resulting to hefty economic packages for workers.

THERE are many ways to attract fresh investments into the country. The government could, for instance, offer stability, standards and predictability of process and outcome to potential business investors, both local and foreign. But Trade Secretary Gregory Domingo’s recent proposal to do so by cutting short the right to security of tenure enjoyed by workers…

Manila (22 October) — Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz recently said that the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will develop information materials on productivity and labor standards, including occupational safety and health (OSH), in the Chinese language to promote voluntary compliance with labor laws while improving the productivity of Filipino-Chinese owned firms, especially…

BOSTON — There are countless distractions, threats, and roadblocks to getting work done. Good bosses take pride in shielding their people from these annoyances. Here are three ways you can help your employees focus on what matters as adapted from “The Boss as Human Shield” by Robert I. Sutton:

MANILA, Philippines – A backhoe operated by a private contractor damaged pipes of the Maynilad Water Services along EDSA in Quezon City before dawn yesterday, disrupting the supply of water to around 6,000 households for around eight hours.

Concerned by the spate of fatal bus accidents earlier this year, Cavite Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. has made the sensible suggestion that the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) investigate bus drivers’ working conditions, as he suspects that “lack of sleep and rest between long trips could be a key factor in the rash of…

RAMP controllers at the Ninoy Aquino Internal Airport are demanding a salary hike, complaining that never had any pay increase for the last 10 years.

MANILA, Philippines – The country’s largest labor group yesterday expressed strong opposition to a proposal to ease the workers’ right to security of tenure just to attract more investments into the country.

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NEW YORK — Few bosses need worry that their employees want their jobs as most workers are just happy to be employed and one-fifth would even have a fling with their boss if it helped their career, according to a US survey.

Disputes over employment contracts have been in the news lately. ABS-CBN has gone to court to prevent erstwhile protégé Willie Revillame from hosting a program at rival TV5. The kapamilya network claims he is still under contract until September 2011.

PHILIPPINE Airlines (PAL) on Monday said it won a lawsuit against its former pilot for violating his contractual obligations and training agreement with the country’s flag carrier.

CEBU, Philippines – A former top official of the Department of Labor and Employment yesterday encouraged workers and employers to go into voluntary arbitration to settle their labor disputes.

PERSIDA ACOSTA Dear PAO, I have been working in a company for 10 years now. I have SSS and Philhealth. My problem is until now the policy of this company is “no work no pay.” Because of that, I want to look for another job. If I am going to resign from the company, can…

Supreme Court rules 14-0 to favor RA 9372 The controversial Anti-Terrorism Law has been declared legal and constitutional by the Supreme Court (SC). With a unanimous vote of 14-0, the High Court en banc junked all the six consolidated petitions seeking to declare as unconstitutional Republic Act (RA) 9372 or the Human Security Act of…

The Supreme Court has ordered listed Manila Mining Corp. to compensate employees who were terminated after the shutdown of mining operations in Butuan.

‘The idea of conciliation as always is “take some and give some.”. It cannot be a take all and give none.’ MY simple understanding of the secretary of labor assuming jurisdiction over a labor dispute is that this is done only when the national interest is involved.

PHILIPPINE Airlines (PAL) on Wednesday assured its passengers of unhampered operations after the Department of Labor and Employment assumed jurisdiction over the flag-carrier’s labor dispute with its cabin crew union. In a statement, Cielo Villaluna, PAL spokesman, said that Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz will assume jurisdiction over the PAL labor case.

MANILA, Philippines – Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz issued yesterday an order barring flight attendants and stewards of Philippine Airlines (PAL) from staging a strike.

ZAMBOANGA CITY — Employers here may have to start laying off workers to avoid or stem losses, if the power situation in Mindanao does not improve.

President Aquino directed yesterday Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz to assume jurisdiction over the dispute between the management of the Philippine Airlines (PAL) and its cabin crew union Flight Attendants’ and Stewards’ Association of the Philippines (Fasap) after negotiations between both collapsed anew yesterday.

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MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is reconstituting the Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (TIPC) to prevent the worsening of labor disputes. Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said more workers groups would be represented in the council.

MANILA, Philippines—While a labor strike threatens to break out at Philippine Airlines, the total number of notices of strikes in the country is down by 12 percent, Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said Saturday.

LABOR Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said Friday she would ban a strike at Philippine Airlines if the company and its flight attendants’ union failed to reach an agreement next week.

Public’s interest put above union demands Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz of the Department of Labor and Employment on Friday warned that the government would assume jurisdiction over a stand-off at Philippine Airlines (PAL) if the row was used by cabin crew of the flag-carrier as a basis for pushing through with their planned strike. Baldoz said…

PHILIPPINE Airlines’ flight attendants withdrew from conciliation talks with the carrier’s management Wednesday, saying they would strike by the end of October.