Labor chief says approved pay hike ‘too low’ for workers to cope

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2019 21:22:03 +0000

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said the approved minimum wage increases throughout the country were short of at least P100 for workers to be able to cope with the rising cost of basic commodities.

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DOLE reminds employers to observe proper pay rules on New Year’s Day

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2018 08:03:27 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has reminded employers to observe proper payment of wages for employees who will work on New Year’s Day, a regular holiday.

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Bello allays fears of Chinese workers grabbing jobs from Filipinos

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2018 11:29:58 +0000

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III on Thursday quelled fears that Filipinos may lose job opportunities to Chinese workers.

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Bello to Jollibee: Up your ante, regularize more workers

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2018 09:02:14 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III on Thursday asked Jollibee Foods Corp. to regularize more workers as he was unimpressed with the fast food giant’s regularization program.

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ECOP pledges to regularize workers of member companies, says Bello

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2018 08:13:44 +0000

The Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) has informed the labor department that it’s member companies will absorb workers.

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Bello calls out security agency for not paying workers’ proper wages

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2018 07:34:43 +0000

MANILA, Philippines —Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III on Thursday called out a security agency in Quezon City for allegedly not paying its workers their proper wages and 13th month pay.

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PNR spox says regularization of agency’s workers may take 2 years

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 10:10:18 +0000

PNR Management Spokesperson Jo Geronimo explained that it would take two years to regularize its “job order” or contractual workers.

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Solon wants 14th month pay, cash gift for private firm, ‘endo’ workers

Solon wants 14th month pay, cash gift for private firm, 'endo' workers

A lawmaker said Thursday that private sector employees and contractual workers in government should also receive their 14th month pay and P5,000 cash gift.

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