Industrial Relations

DAVAO CITY, Dec. 21 (PIA) — After the pilot voluntary code of good practices on decent work in the Business Process Outsourcing industry, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE XI) launched yesterday a voluntary code in the banana industry as well.

THE country’s industrial front remained relatively peaceful in 2010, the Department of Labor and Employment said.

FILIPINOS no longer have long weekends to look forward to next year after President Benigno Aquino III dumped former President Gloria Arroyo’s holiday economics, an order that allowed the moving of holidays to the nearest Monday—except those that are religious in nature—to give workers longer weekends.

MANILA, Philippines (4th UPDATE) – President Aquino on Wednesday assumed the jurisdiction over the labor row in Philippine Airlines, effectively putting on hold an impending retrenchment of its ground crew employees and an impending strike that aims to cripple the operations of the Lucio Tan-controlled airline.

MANILA, Philippines – The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) are in the process of crafting new guidelines governing outsourcing of jobs in the banking industry.

Dipolog City (December 14) — City Mayor Evelyn Yu is very much thankful to President Benigno Aquino lll for appointing her as the RDC chair for region IX.

MANILA, Philippines – Many Philippine Airlines (PAL) employees are willing to avail themselves of the retirement package being offered by the airline company and would rather not join the impending strike.

The Justice department has issued a hold-departure order against three Korean nationals who have been charged with syndicated and large-scale illegal recruitment, an act that is tantamount to economic sabotage.

MANILA, Philippines – Campaigns to declare national holidays in the Philippines that would honor pets and fishermen are fueling business anger over the mounting number of days off workers enjoy each year.

Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz last Friday said the adoption by the country’s industries of voluntary codes of good practices boosts the efforts to wean industries from too much dependence on government for regulation and intervention even on minor issues that industries themselves, in cooperation with tripartite partners, can easily address.

CEBU, Philippines – The Visayan Electric Company Employees Union is questioning why the order of the Department of Labor and Employment for a compulsory arbitration between VECO and the union has not reached the National Labor Relations Commission 7 until now.

MANILA, Philippines—Self-regulation is the way to go for the country’s booming business process outsourcing (BPO) industry, according to Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz who witnessed the signing of a voluntary code of good practices by the BPO industry of Davao City recently.

Dear PAO, I was suspended for two months. Now, I am thinking about resigning. About the computation of my quitclaim if I resign, our personnel said there is no formula for how much I will get. What will I get if I resign? They said it would be just my 13th month less my taxes…

THE Philippine Airlines Employees’ Association (Palea) on Friday said that “substantial majority” of its members voted for a strike against the planned spin-off of Philippine Airlines’ three non-core businesses, as the airline management readied contingency measures to prevent any flight disruptions. In a statement, Palea said that some 86 percent of the total votes cast…

MANILA, Philippines – Philippine Airlines (PAL) president and CEO Jaime Bautista together with Customs Commissioner Angelito Alvarez confirmed yesterday that all employees of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) at the airport would receive on Dec. 13 some P250,000 each from PAL and other foreign airlines for rendering overtime service for five months.

Dear PAO, I’ve been working in a travel agency for eight years. After working with a team whom I thought are really professionals, they exaggerated telling our big boss about the usage of company’s Internet, made an issue out of it and thus, if I commit even minimal mistakes in my work, would result to…

Dear PAO, I am a clerk in a restaurant company in Pasig City. The other employees and I decided to organize a union. We were told that the president of the company learned about this and after a few days we received a text message informing us that we cannot organize ourselves and that we…

A retired bishop says Filipinos have distorted the whole meaning of Christmas with our emphasis on consumerism. Now we associate Christmas with Santa Claus, gifts and food on the noche buena table.

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Airlines Employees Association (PALEA), the flag carrier’s ground crew union, said on Wednesday morning that a majority of its members voted to go on strike to protest the airline’s alleged union busting and individual bargaining negotiations with its members.

CEBU, Philippines – There won’t be any retrenchments at the Cebu Country Club Inc., after all.

Dear PAO, I worked for an IT firm. During the time I was interviewed, I was told by the Human Resources (HR) Representative that I will be hired as a probationary employee and they will hire me as a regular employee after the probationary period. So, I signed the contract and worked with this firm.…

MANILA, Philippines – While local carrier Philippine Airlines is dealing with a threat of strike among its ground crew members, another work stoppage looms and the Lucio Tan-led airline is also involved.

“Or why some UP people continue to bedevil this country, its economy, and people” CROSS ROADS (Toward Philippine Economic and Social Progress) In the previous weekly (Wednesday) articles, I established the main problems of the Philippine economy. Over time, and because of the country’s sustained high rate of population growth, these problems have led to…

CLARK FREEPORT, Pampanga, Philippines – President Aquino is set to issue this month an executive order (EO) enforcing an open skies policy nationwide except Manila, thus opening the country’s secondary airports to foreign airlines.

A total of 1,085 or 34 percent of women workers from 204 establishments in Western Visayas inspected under the Project LEAP or Labor Enforcement and Assistance Program are receiving below the minimum wage, according to the Department of Labor and Employment 6.

Philippine Airlines (PAL) has announced its plan to lay off 2,600 ground employees as part of its cost-cutting program. PAL president, Jaime Bautista, has argued for the necessity of this step to ensure the survival of the company.

CEBU, Philippines – Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal is “now looking into” the row between the labor union and management of the Visayan Electric Company (VECO).

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MANILA, Philippines—It is unlawful for private firms to interfere with the formation of labor unions by their workers, the Court of Appeals (CA) has reminded company owners and managers.

DAVAO CITY – Two former Bombo Radyo Davao broadcasters Dennis Lazo and Arthur Borneo filed a complaint of illegal dismissal before the National Labor Relations Commission regional officer here last Wednesday December 1.