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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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