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Feb 8, 20091

Protect women — CHR

by Joel dela Torre
from People’s Journal

MARKING the United Nations Day for Women and International Peace today, the Commission on Human Rights called on government to improve protection and programs for the rights… Read the rest

Dec 29, 20080

DOLE to hold talks on layoffs

Kristine L. Alave
Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA Philippines—The Labor department will conduct surveys and meetings with companies in export zones next month to gain a full picture of how the global credit squeeze affects them and to… Read the rest

Dec 28, 20080

A puzzling economy

Cielito Habito
Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines – Ever notice how our economy has been behaving strangely lately? The latest strange (but welcome) behavior is how job generation based on the last two quarterly Labor Force Surveys (July and… Read the rest

Nov 20, 20080

Firms urged: Set up more safety nets

Bernadette Parco
Cebu Daily News

EVEN with mitigating measures in place, the Department of Labor and Employment in Central Visayas (DOLEe-7) said business establishments need to set up more safety nets to cushion the impact of a global recession.… Read the rest

Nov 20, 20080

Jobs for displaced BPO workers in ACS

Lawrence Casiraya
INQUIRER.net

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) assured jobs will be forthcoming for nearly 900 ex-workers of call center firm Advanced Contact Solutions (ACS).

In an earlier statement, Trade Union Congress of… Read the rest

Oct 4, 20080

Bacolod contact center to employ 1,000 by year-end

Manila Times

Bacolod City: Convergys Corporation, a global leader in relationship management, said it plans to employ up to 1,000 workers in its integrated contact center here by year-end. The new facility was launched on Wednesday with President Gloria Arroyo… Read the rest

Sep 5, 20080

Weathermen also overworked, underpaid

Jess Diaz
Philippine Star

President Arroyo isn’t the only one in government who is overworked and underpaid.

Congressmen learned yesterday that critical personnel of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) and the Philippine Institute of Volcanology… Read the rest

Sep 4, 20080

UP docs to serve RP for 3 years

Philippine Star

Freshman students entering the University of the Philippines’ College of Medicine next year will be required to serve as doctors in the Philippines for three years, with violators to be fined more than P1 million.

Dr. Alberto Roxas,… Read the rest

Jul 27, 20080

Nurses: Hike pay will deter us from leaving the country

Nora O. Gamolo
OFW Times

A few hours before President Gloria Arroyo delivers her state of the Nation address (SONA) in Congress on Monday, nurses will be converging along Commonwealth Avenue, near the Batasang Pambansa complex, to hear… Read the rest

Jun 26, 20080

Top Metro Manila firms in hiring uptrend

Anthony Vargas, Reporter
Manila Times

Most recruitment is for replacing separated workers but there are indications of fresh hirings

THE Department of Labor and Employment on Wednesday reported an uptrend in the hiring of workers that somehow indicates… Read the rest

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