Work Hours

Angelica Y. Yang – Philstar.com January 19, 2022 | 12:00pm MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Francis Tolentino has filed a bill proposing penalties on employers who intrude on workers’ “rest hours” to prevent tasks and meetings from bleeding into personal time as many shift to work-from-home arrangements.

By Christine O. Avendano, 14 Aug 2021 Among the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), the Philippines’ work force fared poorest in 2020, suffering the “largest working-hour losses’’ caused in part by lockdowns imposed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

by Doris Dumlao-Abadilla, 3 Jul 2021 As part of business continuity initiatives amid the prolonged pandemic, leading pizza chain operator Shakey’s Pizza Asia Ventures Inc. has reshuffled its store workforce to bring employees closer to their place of work and limit their commuting time to no more than 30 minutes.

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By DONA MAGSINO,GMA News, 3 Dec 2019 Implementing a compressed workweek in the private sector is not mandatory and should not result in decreased benefits for the employees, according to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Tuesday.

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by ABS-CBN News, May 22, 2019 Inalmahan ng grupo ng mga employer ang panukala tungkol sa compressed work week schedule dahil sa umano’y epekto nito sa kalidad ng trabaho, kalusugan at kaligtasan ng mga manggagawa.

by Maila Ager, Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 20, 2019 MANILA, Philippines – The Senate has unanimously approved on third and final reading a flexible working hours bill.

by BBC, Apr 15, 2019 The Chinese billionaire and co-founder of the online shopping giant Alibaba has continued to argue for a 9am to 9pm working day, and a six-day week. The Chinese billionaire and co-founder of the online shopping giant Alibaba has continued to argue for a 9am to 9pm working day, and a…

By: Neil Arwin Mercado, INQUIRER.net, Apr 11, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — Private sector employees can now opt to work outside their workplace using telecommunications and computer technologies, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Thursday.

Tokyo lacks authority in labor dispute between companies and franchisees JUNICHI SUGIHARA, Nikkei staff writer, APR 6, 2019 TOKYO — A Japanese cabinet minister urged the nation’s convenience store chains on Friday to resolve the mounting discontent among short-handed franchisees, making the unusual request in the absence of legal authority for the government to intervene.

DepEd urged to strictly implement 6-hour workday for teachers https://www.thesummitexpress.com/2019/03/deped-urged-strictly-implement-6-hour-workday.html?fbclid=IwAR1VcDZnNhcgZM1udRG4dkVdlcoWfuoAYuImJHWpjjS7Jld33_Vvu_lFu8o MANILA, Philippines – A teachers’ group has renewed their calls for the strict implementation of the “6-hour workday” policy.

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By CNN Philippines Staff, Jan 11, 2019 Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 10) — President Rodrigo Duterte has signed the Telecommuting Act, which allows employees in the private sector to work from home.

by Catherine Clifford 12/14/2018 The 9-to-5, Monday-to-Friday grind got you down? Take solace: That will one day be history, according to billionaire British serial entrepreneur Richard Branson.

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By Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star), Jan 24, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — Employers have expressed opposition to 10 Senate bills proposing new employee leaves and increase of existing ones that will be tackled by the labor, employment and human resources development committee chaired by Sen. Joel Villanueva today.

By Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star), Sep 25, 2017 MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Exporters Confederation Inc. (Philexport) is opposing the need for a law implementing a compressed work week as it appeals for a status quo, wherein employers are allowed to decide the suitable work hours for their employees considering the ecosystem within which…

By Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star), Sep 3, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – The call center industry, the biggest private sector employer in the country, has expressed support to the proposed compressed four-day work week scheme.

ABS-CBN News, Aug 28, 2017 MANILA – A compressed work week will not be good for workers’ health and family life, the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) reiterated on Monday.

By Jovee Marie de la Cruz, Businessmirror, Aug 21, 2017 A vice chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations is pushing for a measure directing the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to establish a three-year pilot program for telecommuting, or work from home, arrangements in select local industries.

INQUIRER.net, Aug 6, 2017 Korean lawmakers have called for an end to the practice of sending work orders to off-duty employees via social media messaging services.

by Travis Bradberry, May 24, 2017 The 8-hour workday is an outdated and ineffective approach to work. If you want to be as productive as possible, you need to let go of this relic and find a new approach.

A Swedish experiment may have missed the bigger picture of how shorter days can mean long-term profit. by Rebecca Greenfield, Apr 17, 2017, 5:00 PM GMT+8 In February, after almost two years worth of six-hour workdays, nurses at the Svartedalens elderly care facility in Gothenburg, Sweden went back to eeight-hourshifts—despite recently published research showing the benefits…

Businessworld, March 02, 2017 MORE THAN 8.8 million Filipinos in 2015 clocked in more than 48 hours a week, classified as excessive by the International Labor Organization (ILO), the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said in a recent report.