The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is no longer requiring employers availing of financial assistance for workers affected by the coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown to submit company payroll, the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) said.
House Assistant Minority Floor Leader and ACT Teachers party-list Rep. France Castro has urged the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to hasten the dispensation of financial aid to private sector workers affected by the Luzon lockdown due to the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ).
Over 4,000 Filipinos are set to arrive home in the next three weeks as cruise lines bear the brunt coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) crisis.
Workers whose income is disrupted as a result of the Enhanced Community Quarantine will be hired by the government to disinfect communities, the Department of Labor and Employment said.
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has earmarked P2 billion to help assist workers affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) outbreak.
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is mulling the nomination of the Filipino crew of the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship for Bagong Bayani Awards (BBA), a national search for the country’s outstanding and exemplary overseas Filipino workers, (OFWs).
An official of the House of Representatives has warned over the inevitable down trend in the tourism sector this year as the country stands to lose up to 1.2 million Chinese visitors due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
Senator Kiko Pangilinan has urged Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez to formulate a comprehensive fund assistance program for residents affected by the Taal volcano eruption.
Anakalusugan party-list Rep. Michael Defensor on Sunday urged the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to set a monthly minimum pay of P32,053 or higher for nurse practitioners in the private sector.
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Tuesday slammed the reported death of another overseas Filipino worker (OFW) in Kuwait.
Malacañang on Thursday attributed the dropping unemployment rate to President Rodrigo Duterte’s independent foreign policy.
MANILA — Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III on Friday said all his travels abroad have the approval of President Rodrigo R. Duterte.
The “no work, no pay” policy will apply on August 21 (Wednesday), a special non-working holiday in observance of the 36th death anniversary of Senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr., the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said on Tuesday.
An official of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Monday urged workers displaced by the closure of all gaming activities of Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) to avail of unemployment insurance.
Senator Nancy Binay has urged the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to provide temporary work to employees of Lotto outlets who suddenly found themselves jobless due to the closure of Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) gaming outlets.
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will start the deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to Japan in next two months, Secretary Silvestre Bello III said.
An initial 70,000 local and overseas jobs will be made available in 22 job fair sites in 16 regions across the country on June 12, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said on Wednesday.
Private sector workers, who will report to duty on Wednesday, June 5, will be paid twice their regular daily wages, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Monday.
ACTS-OFW party-list Rep. John Bertiz III on Wednesday urged the Duterte administration to heed the call of the Commission on Human Rights to review the country’s bilateral deals with countries where incidents of abuses among overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are high.
Senator Joel Villanueva on Friday sought the filing of appropriate charges against the alleged undesirable Chinese nationals caught operating an illegal cigarette factory in Bulacan.
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is looking to reimpose a ban on the deployment of household service workers (HSWs) to Kuwait, following the death of another overseas Filipino worker (OFW) in the host country early this week.
President Rodrigo Duterte has instructed the Department of Finance (DOF) to review appointments to the Overseas Filipino Bank (OFB).
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Re-electionist Senator Koko Pimentel on Monday said he supports the granting of “a just” living wage for workers.
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