Lay offs

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By TED CORDERO, GMA News, 27 May 2020 Around 75,000 workers in the hotel and accommodation industry will be displaced due to disruptions brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Philippine Hotel Owners Association Inc. (PHOAI).

By TED CORDERO, GMA News, 27 May 2020 Around 75,000 workers in the hotel and accommodation industry will be displaced due to disruptions brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Philippine Hotel Owners Association Inc. (PHOAI).

by Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), 26 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines — While more commercial establishments are now allowed to open and resume operations, the number of workers losing their income nationwide continues to rise.

by Robertzon Ramirez (The Philippine Star), 22 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Some 400,000 workers in the country’s arts and culture sector have been left jobless as the government restricts mass gatherings amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

By Melissa Luz Lopez, CNN Philippines, 7 May 2020 Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 7) – Nearly half of workers in the private sector lost their sources of income during the enhanced community quarantine that was imposed by the government to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus.

By: Nestor P. Burgos Jr., 25 Feb 2020 ILOILO CITY, Iloilo, Philippines — More than 300 workers on Boracay Island have lost their jobs after establishments catering mainly to Chinese tourists stopped operating due to the new coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak coming out of mainland China.

by Maria Elena Catajan, Sun Star, Apr 8, 2019 MEMBERS of the BPO Industry Employees Network (Bien) have reported a string of illegal dismissal cases and alleged unfair labor practices of some outsourcing companies in Baguio City.

By: Ed Margareth Barahan, INQUIRER.net, Feb. 03, 2017 Over 1.2 million workers will lose their jobs following the closure of 23 large-scale mining firms as ordered by Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Sec. Gina Lopez, according to the Chamber of Mines of the Philippines (COMP).

By Iris Gonzales (The Philippine Star), November 18, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – DMCI Mining Corp. has reduced its workforce by 62 percent in the nine months to September this year, parent firm DMCI Holdings Inc. said yesterday.

81 dentists also expected to lose jobs as Palace plans to downsize gov’t health personnel in 2017 By Mario B. Casayuran, Manila Bulletin, November 13, 2016 A total of 6,970 nurses, doctors, and dentists face the prospect of losing their jobs next year unless Congress overrides Malacañang’s plan to drastically downsize the number of frontline…

The affected employees will receive a separation package of 125% of monthly basic salary per year of service and a gratuity pay of P100,000

The two largest multi-media companies, Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. and ABS-CBN Corp., announced they will lay off hundreds of employees as they enter into the digital era, the next battleground for broadcasting and telecommunication. ABS-CBN Corp., the broadcast network of the Lopez group, has an ongoing “voluntary retirement” offer to employees nationwide, as the…

The number of retrenched workers in the country ballooned by 42 percent to 45,208 in 2013, from the 31,778 recorded the previous year as more businesses decided to let go of people, citing “economic reasons.”

MANILA, Philippines – More workers are losing their jobs due to closure of companies nationwide, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported yesterday.

Local plywood makers warned of more job losses if the influx of smuggled and substandard plywood from China continues unabated.

MANILA, Philippines – Nearly 5,000 workers in Metro Manila lost their jobs following the closure of various commercial establishments in the National Capital Region, according to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).

CEBU, Philippines – After 40 years of operations, Energizer Philippines Inc. will shut down its manufacturing plant in barangay Jagobiao, Mandaue City effective May 7.

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.

MANILA, Philippines — More than 400 workers have been left jobless and unpaid by an American businessman, who was allegedly forced to close his shop in Manila due to bankruptcy, a company employee claimed in a statement on Thursday.

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – At least 700 workers here will lose their jobs after a Taiwanese electronics manufacturer announced the closure of one of its largest divisions in this free port.

GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Philippines—Gone were the days when fishing boats of the Amadeo Fishing Corp. (AFC) sailed daily to catch tuna.

MANILA, Philippines – At least 5,000 workers face unemployment after typhoon “Ondoy” forced several factories in Metro Manila and nearby provinces to close down, the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) reported yesterday.

MORE workers in the Mactan Export Processing Zone are expected to lose their jobs this year as the global financial crisis continues to affect some of the locators there.

As proof that the worst has yet to come in the labor front, multinational lingerie maker Triumph International will cease operations in the country that would result in the layoff of 1,662 local employees.

MANILA, Philippines—Canadian electronics firm Celestica Inc. is shutting down its factory in the central Philippines, with the loss of about 1,000 jobs, the government said Friday.

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines – Worldwide precision instruments manufacturer Moog Controls, a locator along the Export Processing Zone in Loakan here, has cut its workforce by 30 percent.

BAGUIO: US high-tech components producer Moog Inc. will cut staff at its Philippines unit by almost 30 percent as it is hit by the global economic downturn, the local Labor office reported Tuesday.

MANILA, Philippines – Publicly traded Apex Mining Co. Inc. is cutting costs by laying off 150 employees – including managers –out of its 1,955 workers at the Maco mine in Compostela Valley in Mindanao.