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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

Roque: Wage increase unlikely in 2009

Kristine L. Alave
Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines—A wage increase next year is unlikely as pressures on the pockets of workers appear to be easing, Labor Secretary Marianito Roque said.

In an interview recently, Roque said there will be… Read the rest

Dec 10, 20080

WV workers get P15 hike in minimum wage

Marty Go
ABS-CBN News Negros

A sugar cane worker in Negros Occidental

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has approved a P15 hike in the daily salary of minimum wage earners in Western Visayas as it issued Wage… Read the rest

Oct 14, 20080

Provinces getting poorer (Gap between NCR, rural area worsens)

Darwin G. Amojelar
Manila Times

A “significant” gap in economic output for nearly two decades between Metro Manila and the low-income regions worsened poverty incidence in the country, a government study said Monday.

“The unequal distribution of the… Read the rest

Oct 7, 20080

Workers decry tax exemption rules

Mayen Jaymalin
Philippine Star

Workers nationwide won’t accept nothing less than a full-year tax exemption.

The country’s largest labor group sought yesterday the nullification of the guidelines allowing only a six-month tax exemption for the estimated 1.5 million minimum… Read the rest

Sep 20, 20080

No Christmas bonus for gov’t workers before Nov. 15

Philippine Star

Malacañang clarified yesterday that the year-end Christmas bonus of government employees could not be released before Nov. 15 of each year as stipulated by law.

Budget Secretary Rolando Andaya, Jr. said the existing budgetary laws prevent them from… Read the rest

Sep 17, 20080

Local firms unable to adjust wages as inflation bites

Zinnia B. Dela Peña
Philippines Star

With inflation continuing to be a growing problem for the economy, only a few companies have adjusted wages as they struggle to stay alive amid a difficult environment.

A survey by leading global… Read the rest

Sep 2, 20080

Opposition: Early retirement incentive, not pay hike, for GMA

Michael Punongbayan
Philippine Star

The United Opposition (UNO) yesterday junked the idea of giving President Arroyo a pay increase due to her consistently high disapproval ratings, saying an early retirement incentive would probably be more suitable.

The President, along… Read the rest

Aug 4, 20080

Labor group hits gov’t non-wage benefit program

Abigail Kwok
INQUIRER.net

MANILA, Philippines — Calling government’s non-wage benefit project a “patently deceitful scheme,” a leftist labor group said government officials were clueless of the true economic situation of the country’s workers.

In a statement on Monday, Kilusang… Read the rest

Jul 11, 20080

DOLE pushes ‘non-economic’ benefits for workers

Philippine Star

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is pushing “non-economic” benefits to help workers cope with the continuing increase in transport fare and prices of essential commodities.

Labor Secretary Marianito Roque said the government is looking at programs… Read the rest

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