Labor Standards

The Management Association of the Philippines is opposing a bill proposing the implementation of a four-day workweek, saying this will hamper the country’s competitiveness and run counter to the principle of regional integration.

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Finally, after 37 long years, the Labor Code of the Philippines, which was originally issued as Presidential Decree No. 442 during the martial law years, has been amended to meet the demands of 24/7 operations in the business community.

The House proponent of the bill seeking a 10-hour four-day weekend or the 10/4 bill defended his proposal amid criticisms of the measure being half-baked and “laughable.”

Labor group Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) rejected as “a stupid idea” the proposal to impose a four-day, 10-hour work week nationwide, both for government and the private sector.

The House of Representatives is pushing a 10-hour, four-day work week scheme saying employers may have to contend with a new round of legislated wage increases as an alternative amid rising prices.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has given its full backing, but organized labor and employers have rejected a proposed measure to shorten to four days the work weeks in commercial establishments nationwide.

In response to the mounting complaints of security guards against their employers for violating labor laws, the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) launched “Oplan Sikyu.”

In response to the mounting complaints of security guards against their employers for violating labor laws, the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) launched “Oplan Sikyu.”

Representative Juan Edgardo Angara on Wednesday hailed President Benigno Aquino III’s move to sign into law the measure rationalizing nightwork prohibition on women workers

Amid growing concerns among Filipinos in New York about the city government’s plans to lay off teachers and other workers, Philippine officials there started a series of human rights education seminars for Filipino communities.

Studies have shown that autocratic managerial styles and aggressive techniques do not result in productive workers. What motivates workers is a working environment where those who supervise them work with them; give them clear instructions, full support and encouragement. This is what the ILO in Cambodia is working to achieve, as Maeve Galvin, Communication and…

MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) has slapped a P5 million fine to the contractors and subcontractors of the Eton Residences project in Makati City for their failure to pay the right wages to their construction workers.

The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) approved the special leave for women working in the private sector who are scheduled to undergo surgery for gynecological disorders.

MANILA, Philippines – Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago branded as unconstitutional and discriminatory a bill seeking to ban women from working for at least 11 consecutive hours during the night.

CONGRESS HAS moved to lift the ban on night work for women with the House committee on labor and employment having approved a bill seeking to lift the prohibition under the Labor Code of the Philippines in a bid to provide equal employment opportunities.

VIGAN CITY, Feb. 21, 2011, (PIA) – – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) had announced that the members of the Regional Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (RTIPC) affirmed its support in institutionalizing plant level reforms in Labor Standards Enforcement Framework and labor arbitration and adjudication system initiated by the agency. This is to foster…

ILOILO CITY, Feb. 2 (PIA) – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 6 has recovered some P65,000 in backwages and other monetary benefits from complaining workers in the region through conciliation conferences.

MANILA, Philippines – Overloading and defects in a gondola of a building under construction in Makati City caused the lift to collapse and led to the deaths of 10 workers, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) ruled yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines—The Senate has started deliberations on proposals that seek to give equal employment opportunities regardless of gender. This includes allowing night work for women employees.

OVER 300 FIRMS have signed a pledge against bribery and other unethical practices under a private sector campaign seen complementing the government’s anti-corruption efforts.

Labor officials are working to end by early February some 86 disputes involving last year’s 13th month pay pending in Metro Manila, the Department of Labor and Employment said.

MANILA, Philippines—The deadline for the mandatory payment of 13th month pay has lapsed two weeks ago, but the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) continues to receive complaints of non-compliance from workers all over the country, mostly in Metro Manila, Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz said in a news release.

The Department of Labor and Employment should immediately crack down on employers who failed to give their workers the mandatory 13th-month pay.

MANILA, Philippines – Many workers nationwide seemed not to have benefited from the long weekends that marked the Christmas holidays.

MANILA, Philippines — Eighty one percent of companies inspected by the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) nationwide have complied with the labor standards for 2010.

MANILA, Philippines – The Christmas holiday is almost over, but a lot of workers nationwide have yet to receive their mandated 13th month pay and Christmas bonuses, according to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).

THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Wednesday warned against employers who failed to pay the mandatory 13th-month pay and asked workers to report to the department these violators for possible disciplinary actions. According to Labor Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz employers should not shirk from their obligation to release them the mandatory 13th-month pay this…