Underemployment

7 Mar 2025 – Jobless rate rises to 4.3%, highest in six months

Published by rudy Date posted on March 8, 2025
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30 Sept 2024 – 7 in 10 Pinoys take extra jobs, survey shows

Published by rudy Date posted on September 30, 2024
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8 Sept 2022 – Unemployment rate down but underemployment up in July

Published by rudy Date posted on September 10, 2022
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Underemployment is the new unemployment

Published by rudy Date posted on September 26, 2018

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Underemployment records lowest rate in more than 10 years

Published by rudy Date posted on December 12, 2017

http://www.neda.gov.ph/2017/12/12/underemployment-records-lowest-rate-in-more-than-10-years/ The country’s decent work agenda is moving forward as reflected in underemployment recording its lowest rate in more than a decade, despite the decrease in total employment in October 2017, according to the National Economic and Development Authority.

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Philippine underemployment worst since 2006 – ADB

Published by rudy Date posted on October 3, 2012

MANILA – The number of employed Filipinos still looking for extra income hit a 6-year high this year, the Asian Development Bank said on Wednesday. Citing the most recent labor force data of the National Statistics Office, Norio Usui, ADB senior country economist, said the 22.7 percent underemployment rate in July is the worst since…

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Jobless rate dips but underemployment rises

Published by rudy Date posted on June 16, 2011

UNEMPLOYMENT fell slightly in April but labor experts said this was not necessarily good news as an increase in underemployment indicated a deterioration in the quality of available jobs.

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More Pinoys looking for ‘sideline’

Published by rudy Date posted on December 22, 2010

MANILA, Philippines – More workers nationwide are looking for additional jobs for extra income, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported yesterday.

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March 2025

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Products Week
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March 8: Women’s Rights and
International Peace Day;
National Women’s Day
Mar 4— Employee Appreciation Day
Mar 15 — World Consumer Rights Day
Mar 18 — Global Recycling Day
Mar 21 — International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Mar 23 — International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims
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