Unemployment

Ramon Royandoyan – Philstar.com January 7, 2022 | 11:41am Jobless rate hits lowest since start of pandemic, but job quality worsens Devotees at National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help at Baclaran in The STAR / Michael Varcas ANILA, Philippines — Unemployment rate in November last year hit its lowest level since the start…

by Louise Maureen Simeon – The Philippine Star, 17 Dec 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Women and youth in the country’s labor market are bearing the brunt of job losses due to the pandemic, with the government urged to ramp up social protection to address worsening inequality and ensure economic recovery.

by Louise Maureen Simeon – The Philippine Star, 17 Dec 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Women and youth in the country’s labor market are bearing the brunt of job losses due to the pandemic, with the government urged to ramp up social protection to address worsening inequality and ensure economic recovery.

By: Philippine Daily Inquirer, 15 Dec 2021 MANILA, Philippines — About 11.9 million Filipinos were found jobless in September amid the worst surge in COVID-19 cases in the country.

by Janvic Mateo – The Philippine Star, 15 Dec 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The number of jobless Filipinos slightly decreased in the third quarter of the year, but remains above pre-pandemic levels, according to a survey conducted by Social Weather Stations (SWS).

by Ian Nicolas Cigaral – Philstar.com, 7 Dec 2021 MANILA, Philippines — There were fewer jobless Filipinos recorded in October, thanks to looser pandemic restrictions that have allowed people to find work. However, the quality of available jobs deteriorated in the face of hard economic times and high inflation.

By: Neil Arwin Mercado – Reporter, 4 Nov 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The unemployment rate in the country rose to 8.9 percent—equivalent to 4.25 million Filipinos—in September 2021, the highest since January this year, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported Thursday.

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BY SAMUEL P. MEDENILLA, Businessmirror, 27 Sep 2021 LARGE companies have shed the most workers this year, according to a new report of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).

by Louise Maureen Simeon – The Philippine Star, 8 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The country’s jobless rate hit its lowest level since the start of the pandemic, but more Filipinos are still on the lookout for additional hours of work as the quality of jobs available in the labor market has yet to improve.

by Ramon Royandoyan – Philstar.com, 8 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The proportion of unemployed Filipinos went up in June, a new poll released Wednesday showed, painting a bleak economic picture amid prolonged pandemic lockdowns.

by Louise Maureen Simeon – The Philippine Star, 8 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The country’s jobless rate hit its lowest level since the start of the pandemic, but more Filipinos are still on the lookout for additional hours of work as the quality of jobs available in the labor market has yet to improve.

By Ben O. de Vera, 25 Aug 2021 The Philippines suffered from one of the biggest hikes in joblessness in the Asia-Pacific region last year, and many Filipinos continued to bewail lack of income amid prolonged COVID-19 quarantine, two multilateral lenders said.

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(The Philippine Star), 12 Aug 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Filipinos will face difficulty seeking work until 2022 despite the gains made in recovering jobs lost last year, forcing the Department of Finance (DOF) to push for the distribution of cash aid to the poorest families.

By Ben O. de Vera, 4 Aug 2021 The number of jobless Filipinos increased to 3.76 million in June, equivalent to 7.7 percent of the labor force, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported yesterday.

by Ramon Royandoyan (Philstar.com), 3 Aug 2021 MANILA, Philippines (Update 1, 10:22 a.m.) — The Philippine Statistics Authority reported that jobless rate was steady in June, but looming harsh lockdowns in Metro Manila could throw a spanner in the works.

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by Ian Nicolas Cigaral (Philstar.com) – 1 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The proportion of Filipinos who were either jobless or out of business dropped in May, as a rollback of pandemic restrictions allowed some people to get their jobs back and secure longer working hours.

by Louise Maureen Simeon (The Philippine Star), 2 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The continued easing of mobility restrictions helped Filipinos regain some lost jobs in May, with the rollout of more COVID-19 vaccines expected to further aid in overall employment recovery in the country.

by Janvic Mateo (The Philippine Star), 18 Jun 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The number of jobless Filipinos has slightly declined over the past six months but remains above pre-pandemic level, a new survey conducted by Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed.

by Louise Maureen Simeon (The Philippine Star), 9 Jun 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The reimposition of strict quarantine measures wiped out the minimal gains in the country’s labor market as more Filipinos lost their jobs again in April.

by Louise Maureen Simeon (The Philippine Star), 7 May 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The number of unemployed Filipinos last March declined to its lowest level since the start of the pandemic last year, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said.

By: John Eric Mendoza, 6 May 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The country’s latest unemployment rate of 7.1 percent, the lowest since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the country, indicates that the economy is “gradually getting back on track,” the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said on Thursday.

by Louise Maureen Simeon, Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), 31 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines — More Filipinos were looking for additional hours of work in February, while those totally jobless also increased even at a time when the economy had already reopened.

by Louise Maureen Simeon (The Philippine Star), 10 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Unemployment in the country rose to 8.7 percent in January, accounting for four million jobless Filipinos due to the pandemic, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported yesterday.