Lay offs

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by Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), 15 Feb 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The number of displaced workers surged in January, as more establishments adopted flexible work arrangements and temporary closures, according to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).

By Lisbet Esmael, CNN Philippines, 12 Feb 2021 Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 12) — Lufthansa Technik Philippines—one of the country’s biggest aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul companies—will slash its workforce by 20%, affecting 300 jobs starting April, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to hit the aviation industry.

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by Ian Nicolas Cigaral (Philstar.com), 21 Jan 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Nissan Motor Philippines became the third car manufacturer in 3 years to halt assembly in the Philippines, highlighting the struggles of the broader automobile industry that government has been trying to revive for years.

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By Patrick Roxas, TMT, Manila Times, 7 Jan 2021 Subic Philippines Corp. had retrenched 784 or more than 70 percent of its workers here to maintain the viability of its operations, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) said on Wednesday.

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by RALPH LAWRENCE G. LLEMIT, 29 Nov 2020 A LABOR group slammed Holy Cross of Davao College (HCDC) for its planned “100-percent retrenchment” of its teachers and staff, calling their action “illegal and inhumane” while still under the state of pandemic.

by Roy Stephen C. Canivel, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 15 Oct 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Mining company OceanaGold Corp. has laid off nearly 500 workers on Wednesday, more than a year after the government held off on the approval of its mining contract in Luzon.

by Louella Desiderio (The Philippine Star), 10 Oct 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Two German electronics firms are shutting down operations in the country due to the uncompetitive business environment, the Semiconductor and Electronics Industries in the Philippines Foundation Inc. (SEIPI) said.

by Lawrence Agcaoili (The Philippine Star), 28 Sep 2020 MANILA, Philippines — More companies may lay off workers as they shelve expansion plans for the fourth quarter and over the next 12 months as the economy took a downturn due to the implementation of mobility restrictions to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, according…

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by SunStar, 26 Sep 2020 THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) assured on Saturday, September 26, assistance for the over 4,000 workers displaced at the Mactan Export Processing Zone (MEPZ) in Cebu.

by Louella Desiderio (The Philippine Star), 23 Sep 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Over 4,400 workers are being let go by garments firms operating in Cebu due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Bilang ng mga nawalan ng trabaho sa bansa mula Enero hanggang Agosto 2020, umabot na sa mahigit 180,000 ayon sa DOLE. | via @JohnsonManabat pic.twitter.com/viuAvj252l — DZMM TeleRadyo (@DZMMTeleRadyo) September 2, 2020

By: Consuelo Marquez – Reporter, 21 Aug 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Only over three million Filipinos were rendered jobless due to the continuing scourge of the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected 178,022 people nationwide, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Friday.

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by Jovic Yee, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 12 Aug 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Nearly a thousand business enterprises have laid off their workers in just the first nine days of August due to the economic toll exacted by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on their operations.

By: Ben O. de Vera, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 13 Jul 2020 About eight million Filipinos would go jobless as the pandemic rages and while the Philippine economy reels from the most stringent lockdown in the region, slow disease containment and an influx of returning migrant workers, according to Malaysian financial giant Maybank.

Thousands of employees of ABS-CBN network are in peril of losing jobs after the House of Representatives denied its application for franchise renewal on Friday, a grim scenario that could worsen the unemployment problem triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, a labor coalition said.

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By: Ador Vincent Mayol, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 10 Jul 2020 CEBU CITY—All three Cebuano members of the House committee on legislative franchises voted to reject bills seeking to grant broadcast giant ABS-CBN a new franchise. They are Pablo John Garcia, Eduardo Gullas and Democrito Mendoza.

DOLE QUOTES REPORTS By: Leila B. Salaverria, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 2 Jul 2020 MANILA, Philippines — More than 3,000 business establishments have repor­ted a temporary shutdown of operations, while more than 200 have closed down permanently since January this year, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said, adding that the closures affected some 100,000 workers.

TUCP sees 12 million job losses Neda warns of 15-year high jobless rate in recession-hit economy by Vito Barcelo and Julito G. Rada, Manila Standard, 26 Jun 2020 The country’s largest labor group said job losses could hit 12 million before the year ends as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, while the National Economic…

By Arjay L. Balinbin, Reporter, Businessmirror, 22 Jun 2020 ABOUT 14,000 workers of provincial bus firms have lost their jobs due to operational restrictions, according to bus operators, warning that another 10,000 may be let go because of the implementation of cashless fare systems.

By: Doris Dumlao-Abadilla, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 20 Jun 2020 For the first time in its 75-year history, bus operator Victory Liner Inc. (VLI) is laying off hundreds of employees to stay afloat amid the tough economic and regulatory environment shaped by the coronavirus pandemic.