From the News! - Your Daily News » Domestic Employment http://fromthenews.net Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:35:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 DOLE to hold talks on layoffs http://fromthenews.net/dole-to-hold-talks-on-layoffs.htm http://fromthenews.net/dole-to-hold-talks-on-layoffs.htm#comments Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:09:25 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5214 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

]]> http://fromthenews.net/dole-to-hold-talks-on-layoffs.htm/feed 0 A puzzling economy http://fromthenews.net/a-puzzling-economy.htm http://fromthenews.net/a-puzzling-economy.htm#comments Sun, 28 Dec 2008 13:11:37 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5217 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

]]> http://fromthenews.net/a-puzzling-economy.htm/feed 0 Firms urged: Set up more safety nets http://fromthenews.net/firms-urged-set-up-more-safety-nets.htm http://fromthenews.net/firms-urged-set-up-more-safety-nets.htm#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:46:07 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4969 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

]]> http://fromthenews.net/firms-urged-set-up-more-safety-nets.htm/feed 0 Jobs for displaced BPO workers in ACS http://fromthenews.net/jobs-for-displaced-bpo-workers-in-acs.htm http://fromthenews.net/jobs-for-displaced-bpo-workers-in-acs.htm#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:21:21 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5033 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

]]> http://fromthenews.net/jobs-for-displaced-bpo-workers-in-acs.htm/feed 0 Bacolod contact center to employ 1,000 by year-end http://fromthenews.net/bacolod-contact-center-to-employ-1000-by-year-end.htm http://fromthenews.net/bacolod-contact-center-to-employ-1000-by-year-end.htm#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:49:00 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4852 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

]]> http://fromthenews.net/bacolod-contact-center-to-employ-1000-by-year-end.htm/feed 0 Weathermen also overworked, underpaid http://fromthenews.net/weathermen-also-overworked-underpaid.htm http://fromthenews.net/weathermen-also-overworked-underpaid.htm#comments Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:45:05 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4816 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

]]> http://fromthenews.net/weathermen-also-overworked-underpaid.htm/feed 0 UP docs to serve RP for 3 years http://fromthenews.net/up-docs-to-serve-rp-for-3-years.htm http://fromthenews.net/up-docs-to-serve-rp-for-3-years.htm#comments Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:50:14 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4817 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

]]> http://fromthenews.net/up-docs-to-serve-rp-for-3-years.htm/feed 0 Nurses: Hike pay will deter us from leaving the country http://fromthenews.net/nurses-hike-pay-will-deter-us-from-leaving-the-country.htm http://fromthenews.net/nurses-hike-pay-will-deter-us-from-leaving-the-country.htm#comments Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:55:37 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4733 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

]]> http://fromthenews.net/nurses-hike-pay-will-deter-us-from-leaving-the-country.htm/feed 0 Top Metro Manila firms in hiring uptrend http://fromthenews.net/top-metro-manila-firms-in-hiring-uptrend.htm http://fromthenews.net/top-metro-manila-firms-in-hiring-uptrend.htm#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:56:29 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4460 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

]]> http://fromthenews.net/top-metro-manila-firms-in-hiring-uptrend.htm/feed 0 Employment in tourism up 6.4% http://fromthenews.net/employment-in-tourism-up-64.htm http://fromthenews.net/employment-in-tourism-up-64.htm#comments Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:55:21 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4427 Manila Standard

EMPLOYMENT in tourism rose 6.44 percent in the year to April 2008, easing the drop in work opportunities in the other industries, the government said yesterday.

Employment in real estate also went up, and by 5.1 percent, in… Read the rest

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