NTUC Press

by Mario M. Banzon, Businessworld, Aug 9, 2017 THE SENATE approved on second reading the committee report seeking its concurrence in the ratification of the ILO Convention 151 or the Protection of the Right to Organize and Procedures for Determining Conditions of Employment in the Public Service on Monday.

By Elijah Felice Rosales, Businessmirror, Jul 31, 2017 In Photo: Workers resume the construction of a mixed commercial and residential edifice in Pasay City. The government will release this month its decision on wage-hike petitions filed by labor groups for Metro Manila, which, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said, should be favorable to…

by Mario M. Banzon, Businessworld, Jul 17, 2017 THE LARGEST group of private employers in the Philippines has formally asked Metro Manila’s wage board to junk a string of petitions seeking an across-the-board hike in the daily minimum wage, with public debates on the plea set for conclusion by July 27.

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YenAnonymous March 06, 2017 The Senate on Monday, March 06, approved on third and final reading a bill which seeks to expand the maternity leave to 120 days with 22 affirmative votes and zero negative votes.

By: Tetch Torres-Tupas, INQINQUIRER.net, Feb 14, 2017 The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the Department of Finance (DOF) and the Bureau of Internal (BIR) to grant a refund or a claim for tax credits to taxpayers whose incomes for taxable year 2008 have been subjected to prorated increase in personal and additional tax exemption.

By VIRGIL LOPEZ, GMA News, Feb 14, 2017 Minimum wage earners may soon get a tax refund from the government. This developed after the Supreme Court (SC) ordered the Department of Finance (DOF) and Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to grant a refund or tax credit to all individual taxpayers whose incomes in 2008 were…

By Leslie Ann G. Aquino, Manila Bulletin, Feb 11, 2017 The proposed bill that will allow workers to “disconnect” or ignore text messages, phone calls and e-mails from superiors after work hours gained the support of the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP).

PRESS STATEMENT (for immediate release) 10 February 2017 FMR. EXEC. SECRETARY RUBEN D. TORRES President, Trade Union Congress of the Philippines Contact Number: (+63) 908.851.3320 The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) expressed condolences to the affected workers and families in the fire that erupted in Housing Technology Industries on Wednesday.

by Philippine Daily Inquirer The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) on Thursday rejected Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) new department order that will only continue contractualization in the country.

By Leonardo Q. Montemayor, William D. Dar and Ruben D. Torres* The multi-billion-peso rice industry is a major source of employment, income and nutrition for Filipinos. It consists of some 2.5 million small farmers plus several hundred thousand farm laborers and others engaged in the supply of farm inputs and machinery, milling/processing, warehousing, transport, other…

The Executive Board and the General Council of the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) have unanimously elected Ruben Torres as president, a position that recently became vacant due to the untimely demise of former senator Ernesto Herrera. Torres is concurrently the president of the BPO Workers Association of the Philippines (BWAP-TUCP), an industry-wide…