Labor Relations

by Ghio Ong – The Philippine Star, 19 Dec 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Forty-four employees of a Valenzuela firm who were arrested on Wednesday night for going on strike were released from jail after 36 hours, their lawyer said yesterday.

by Sunstar, 28 Feb 2020 WE URGE the new president of Toyota Motors Philippines (TMP), Hiro Okamoto, to understand the struggles of terminated workers and resolve their decades-long labor disputes.

By: Melba Padilla Maggay, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 5 Oct 2019 The passing away recently of Amado “Gat” Inciong, deputy minister of labor and major architect of labor relations during the Marcos regime, is part in a way of the death throes of unionism in the country, and the socialist ideals that fueled it.

By Samuel P. Medenilla, Businessmirror, Aug 16, 2018 More workers threatened to hold work stoppage in the first half of the year due to disputes with their management, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported.

by Alfred Bayle/JB, INQUIRER.net, Jul 16, 2017 Whatever is posted in social media is usually open to the public. This means employers and companies can browse through such posts while they consider hiring an applicant or retaining an employee.

by Ted Bauer, July 21, 2015, http://thecontextofthings.com/2015/07/21/future-of-work-respect-is-everything/?utm_content=bufferad243&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer Came across some research from SHRM yesterday; I believe the entire package is called the “2015 Job Satisfaction and Engagement Report.” Here’s the link. There’s a couple of interesting figures in there, notably this bad boy:

The “Fight for $15” campaign is about more than higher pay for fast-food workers. It is also about fighting for the right of workers to form strong unions without retaliation. That goal looks much more achievable this week after a National Labor Relations Board ruling that may force corporate parents, like McDonald’s or Yum Brands,…

I once heard a saying that the workplace isn’t like college. College is about doing well and getting ahead. Instead, the workplace is like high school – it’s all about who likes you and who doesn’t. When we’re thinking about human interaction in the workplace and how it impacts performance, that’s a pretty apt analogy.…

From the Department of Labor and Employment Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz yesterday said productive dialogue between the government and organized labor continues and transcends the time-frame of the Labor Day commemoration.

MANILA, Philippines – The Court of Appeals (CA) has affirmed the dismissal of over 200 employees by Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines in 2009, and absolved the firm from allegations of unfair labor practices.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will soon come out with guidelines that will protect the rights of teachers and other school personnel who might be adversely affected by the implementation of the K to 12 program.

EMPLOYEES of bus firms will soon be joined by truck drivers, helpers known as pahinante and related workers as the Labor department’s National Capital Region office implements the order of Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda D. Baldoz to expand the composition of the Bus Transport Industry Tripartite Council (ITC), the department said in a statement…

THE Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) in Davao Region signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Tuesday with four “big brother” and 49 “small brother” companies under the Kapatiran Wise-TAV program.

MANILA – Armed men torched 11 buses in Pagsanjan, Laguna before dawn Monday, police said.

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The Department of Transportation and Commu-nications (DoTC) is reviewing and not canceling the franchise of the country’s formerly biggest bus companies, the defunct Pantranco North Express Inc., an official of the agency assured the bus firm’s former employees who expressed worries over the claims of some bus operators that Pantranco’s franchise was already canceled or…

Manila, Philippines – Labor groups and former employees of the defunct Pantranco North Express are considering filing graft charges against Transportation and Communications Secretary Manuel Roxas II for defying a Supreme Court (SC) order when he stopped the sale of 489 franchises to bus firms affiliated with the Victory Liner Group.

Labor groups expressed alarm at the growing anti-labor position of many of the country’s national leaders. The labor sector is the most abused sector in the Philippine economic equation, bowing to the influences of money sources or investors, the object of government’s wooing and cajoling, offering them everything, from tax holidays to guarantees against labor…

Workers want a say in the proposed legislation being pursued by the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC) governing the takeover, liquidation and winding up operations of banks that are closed by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).

We should have more decisions, and Department Secretaries, like this! Three aggrieved teachers in Visayas vindicated by CHED’s decision Working for more than 20 years in the high school department, three teachers of a Visayas university had the shock of their teaching lives when they received on June 15, 2010 a memo reassigning them to…

CEBU, Philippines – The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines is urging companies to be proactive in protecting their workers by complying strictly with safety and health standards to avoid accidents and deaths.

After being illegally dismissed on June 2002, union member Sherwin Robosa received the National Labor Relations Commission’s decision on his illegal dismissal case, which ordered management to reinstate him and to pay his backwages worth Php 135, 242.63, on January 21, 2004.

There are many laws, rules and regulations upholding the rights of women workers in the country. Despite, many women workers (especially unionists) are victims of discrimination, harassment and abuse in their work places. Oftentimes, women tolerate dire conditions and shun complaining or more forceful action for fear of losing their jobs. Consider what women put…

Roh Fung, the Korean manager of Royal House, Inc. [not their real names] pointed a 45-caliber pistol at sewer Sebastian Andres [not his real name] after he balked at signing a resignation letter and a blank sheet of paper – which later contained a statement that Andres was apologizing for causing damage to the company…

(Forced overtime, a new form of forced labor, also hazardous to health) To meet export orders, many Philippine companies, including those inside economic zones, are resorting to a new form of forced labor — long, long hours of forced (many times under-compensated) overtime.

(Yet underpays them for all the effort.) Workers of Assembly Apparel (not its real name) say the company gave out Duromine Phentermine-not ordinarily prescribed by doctors-to workers to keep them awake during once a week overnight work dating back to September 2002. Aside from the drug, the company also provides workers with Extra Joss, an…

Companies’ failure to provide sufficient and clean rest rooms (CRs) and severe restriction on their use are resulting in an explosion of UTI and kidney problems among many workers, increasing absenteeism and jeopardizing workers’ health and productivity.

The ILO Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations notes that at its 288th Session (November 2003), the Governing Body of the ILO approved the report of the tripartite committee set up to examine the representation alleging non-observance by China of Convention No. 97: Migration for Employment (Revised), 1949, with respect to…

Last 26 February 2003, the HKSAR government approved certain measures that will greatly affect Filipino domestic helpers in Hong Kong. TUCP in its letter-complaint to the ILO alleges discrimination against the HKSAR government.