Industrial Relations

Notwithstanding the attention on the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona when Congress resumes session Jan. 16, the Department of Labor and Employment voiced hopes lawmakers can pass several key labor laws and international instruments.

A person’s job is a property right which he cannot be deprived of without due process. This case of Jun, Art, Gerry, Ron and Cary (Jun et. al.) illustrates this rule enshrined in our bill of rights (Article III Section 1, Constitution)

Employees at a Foxconn factory in Wuhan, China, some of whom reportedly threatened to kill themselves over a wage and working-conditions dispute, have instead come to an agreement with the manufacturer.

MANILA, Jan 4 (PIA)– The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Philippine National Police (PNP), and the labor sector recently signed a Manifesto of Commitment, which outlines future actions for the promotion of the fundamental freedoms of association and collective bargaining.

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The Supreme Court (SC) turned down an appeal filed by paper manufacturer PICOP Resources Inc. (PRI) in a labor case involving employees who were fired after they changed allegiances in the labor group which would represent them in the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with the company.

CEBU, Philippines – After fifteen years, the Supreme Court had finally affirmed the order of the Court of Appeals regarding the labor dispute involving the mass termination of hospital employees who participated in the strike and picketing activities at the Visayas Community Medical Center (VCMC).

2011 has been the most peaceful for industrial relations with only two work stoppages recorded during the year, the Labor Department said last week. Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz attributed the industrial peace to the reforms in labor arbitration and adjudication.

With only two work stoppages between January and November, the year 2011 can be considered the most peaceful so far for industrial relations in the Philippines, the Department of Labor and Employment said Tuesday.

PHILIPPINE PROGRESS in addressing labor issues is slated to come under review next year as the United States Trade Representative (USTR) office studies a complaint involving the Philippines’ status as a Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) beneficiary.

A second look at the problem of labor-only contracting would show that it pertains to security of tenure than on the issue of wage. Thus, if we are to focus our attention on that, we could possibly resolve that problem. Remember, we can never have both, like securing their employment while guaranteeing a fixed income…

THE season will be less than bright for the 2,600 former regular employees of Philippine Airlines (PAL) who found themselves jobless when the Lucio Tan-owned carrier adopted its so-called outsourcing program last October.

When a friend groaned last year about how the movable holidays that produced long weekends—which, by the way was yet another one of the long and growing list of “sins” of the Arroyo administration—have become a thing of the past given the Aquino administration’s supposed adherence to stronger work ethics, I told my friend not…

Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz commended the banking industry after it adopted a Voluntary Code of Good Practice, a first for the banking sector and the 23rd such code adopted by the country’s various industries under the administration of President Aquino.

KYOTO, Japan—The Philippines is on the right track by focusing on “inclusive growth” but many problems remain, a ranking International Labor Organization official said yesterday as the ILO opened a major regional meeting here on how to protect jobs and economic growth amid the global financial crisis.

CEBU, Philippines – An Alternative Dispute Resolution was recently established at the West Cebu Industrial Park in Balamban where workers may file requests for assistance (RFAs) under the Single Entry Approach program without having to go to the Department of Labor and Employment office.

With Christmas just around the corner and with the end of the year fast approaching, most companies are now computing employee bonuses, if not already distributing bonuses to employees.

LEFTIST lawmakers will today file a bill prohibiting the assignment of military or para-military forces to law-enforcement duties in areas under labor or agrarian dispute to avoid a repeat of the 2004 massacre in Hacienda Luisita, the sprawling plantation owned by the family of President Benigno Aquino III.

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There are many ways of skinning the capitalist cat. Instead of the Marxist cry for workers to unite to destroy the free enterprise system and replace it with Socialism, there is the rising trend towards workers forming cooperatives to engage in all types of business. I am glad to see more workers’ cooperatives in the…

MANILA, Philippines – Employers are warning lawmakers against passing “overkill  labor laws” that mandate stiffer penalties for those who do not comply with minimum-wage laws as these would only force enterprises to go underground and drive away future investors.

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has absolved the three commissioners of the National Labor Relation Commission (NLRC) of their involvement in the P.2-million extortion complaint in relation to alleged “illegal dismissal.”

Rebuild crumbling social contract At the core of the conflict between Philippine Airlines (PAL) and PAL Employees Association (Palea) is the effort of the airline to manage business freely with maximum flexibility, including its contested prerogative to outsource jobs done by regular and unionized workers.  PAL says outsourcing is a legitimate weapon in insuring its…

Flag Carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) filed criminal complaints yesterday for grave coercion against 41 members of the PAL Employees Association (Palea), over an incident last Oct. 29 when rowdy protesters harassed airline staff and service providers and violently prevented vehicles loaded with inflight meal provisions from leaving company premises.

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In illegal dismissal cases, the employee must first prove the fact of dismissal if the employer denies there is dismissal. This is the rule applied once more in this case of Baldo.

The Employers Confederation of the Philippines (Ecop) has joined the snowballing call for government action against violent abuses of outsourced employees of Philippine Airlines (PAL).

The ongoing strike by members of the Philippine Airlines (PAL) Employees’ Association (Palea) which has turned rowdy and even out of control of late is getting to be more of a burden to the riding public than to the airline itself.

THE government may search an employee’s office computer without violating his constitutional right to privacy, even if it does so without a warrant, the Supreme Court ruled last month.

The apparent inaction of the government over the supposed intimidation of its former employees on flag-carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) “is not conducive” to business and should be resolved, business groups appealed to the government.