Industrial Relations

MANILA, Philippines- Striking workers of a major harbor North of Manila blamed officials of the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) for the fiasco in the takeover of the North Harbour, the premier capital’s most busy seaport.

MANILA, Philippines – Manila North Harbour Port Inc. (MNHPI) has committed to absorb more than 1,000 workers at the Manila North Harbor as part of its agreement with major labor groups operating in the area, paving the way for a smooth transition towards privatizing the country’s busiest port.

HONOLULU, Hawaii – The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has ordered K-Mart to pay a 73-year-old former Pinay employee US$120,000 in damages.

MANILA, Philippines – Amid criticism that President Arroyo has made numerous political appoint-ments in the past nine years, officials claimed that her administration has the highest ratio of career service executives since 1986.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP)  — Unions and their allies in the General Assembly have cleared a first hurdle for legislation setting new rules for how telephone call centers are staffed.

The Civil Service Commission (CSC) headed by Chairman Francisco Duque III yesterday warned government employees taking part in mass leaves shall be meted with administrative sanctions.

At a cabinet meeting held on March 19, the Japanese government approved a bill for partially revising the Worker Dispatch Law. The bill had been drafted on the basis of a report submitted on February 24 by the Labor Policy Deliberative Council, a tripartite advisory body to the minister of health, labor and welfare consisting…

THE obvious difference between employed and unemployed individuals is that the former can afford to take a paid vacation, if not heal themselves with free medical coverage while under some illness.

NORTH Harbor workers have “agreed in principle” to set aside their concerns so that the busiest port in Manila can be turned over to its new operators, a Metro Pacific Investment Corp. (MPIC) executive said. “I understand we have agreement in principle on the labor issue. I’m just waiting for the confirmation,” Jose Ma. Lim,…

This case is about the back-wages and separation pay of an illegally dismissed employee. The question raised here is from what date up to what date these monetary awards shall be computed. This is the case of Al.

MANILA, Philippines – The integration of the Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) and other allowances of government workers into their standardized salary rates is legal, the Supreme Court (SC) ruled.

The government will force protesting workers at the North Harbor to vacate the port, a top official of the Philippine Ports Authority said on Friday.

A Filipino family that has been staying in Ireland for eight years is now facing possible deportation by Irish authorities due to the father’s participation in a recent workers’ action in a food factory at County Kildare, Ireland.

This is another case of dismissal based on loss of trust and confidence. It is the case of Art who started employment on November 2, 1982 as Quality Controller of Feeds in an agricultural company engaged in hog and cattle raising and corn milling (BFMI). By 1998 after almost 16 years of employment Art already…

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Can employees who already signed waivers and quitclaims later on still file a complaint for illegal dismissal? This is the issue raised in this case of Lina and her ten other co-employees (Lina’s group) in the machine and maintenance operations of a multi-national tire manufacturing company (GMC).

Dear PAO, I underwent a company training for a period of time. In exchange for this training, I was required to sign a service agreement where it was provided that I have to work with them for a period of “X” years.

Thousands of workers of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp. said the management has barred them from forming a union.

MANILA, Philippines – Teachers’ groups yesterday opposed the appointment of Presidential Assistant for Education Mona Valisno as the new head of the Department of Education (DepEd), saying it would impede the reforms implemented by Secretary Jesli Lapus.

MANILA, Philippines – The consortium between corporate titan Manuel V. Pangilinan and businessman Reghis Romero III is hopeful that the ongoing labor dispute at the Manila North Harbor will soon come to an end, allowing them to formally take over the country’s busiest but inefficient terminal.

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LABOR and assembler groups in the car industry are lobbying for representation in the proposed Automotive Industry Development Council.

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When it comes to employee termination cases, the employer bears the burden of proving that the dismissal is for a just and valid cause; and in case of doubts in the evidence presented by the employer and the employee, the doubts are resolved in favor of the employee. The immediate subsequent action of the employee…

NAMFREL chairman Jose Cuisia Jr. has been on TV lately bemoaning the refusal of the Commission on Elections to continue the accreditation of what started out as a US-funded National Movement for Free Elections as an election watchdog.

Workers blocking the takeover of the Manila North Harbor failed to convince the Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 25 to stop the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) from turning over cargo handling operations to the new operator.

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Under what law, regulation or jurisprudence is the Labor Secretary authorized to order labor and management to execute a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) “for records purposes only?”

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FOR BLAMING BABY BOOM FOR HACIENDA WORKERS’ WOES Four of the biggest rural-based organizations in the country yesterday assailed the sisters of Liberal Party (LP) standard-bearer in the forthcoming presidential elections, Sen. Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III for blaming the lack of family planning among tenants and farm workers of Hacienda Luisita as the reason…