The House Committee on Labor and Employment endorses the immediate plenary approval of banning contractualization or contractual (endo) labor practices within the private sector in the Philippines.
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The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) announced its plans to launch a skills training and research institute in its first university ecozone inside the Batangas State University (BSU), Batangas City.
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), under the Labor Advisory No. 18 Series of 2020, releases guidelines on the cost of COVID-19 prevention and control measures. The advisory is set to guide private sector employers on the scope of their shouldered costs in the implementation of COVID-19 prevention and control measures for their employees, especially those who are returning to the workplace.
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), under the Labor Advisory No. 17 Series of 2020, releases guidelines on employment preservation as an aid to employers who are restarting their business operations.
The Department of Finance (DOF) has released the qualifications and requirements for Small Business Wage Subsidy (SBWS) Program applications. The Social Security System (SSS), under the SBWS, shall provide a wage subsidy of P5,000 to 8,000 pesos per month for each employee of eligible small businesses.
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) released an advisory, pursuant to Proclamation No. 845, declaring rules for payment of wages for the regular holidays on April 9 and 10, and special day on April 11, 2020.
The Department of Labor and Employment releases the guidelines on the Adjustment Measures Program for the P5,000 cash aid for affected private workers due to Coronavirus Disease 2019 in the Philippines.
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) seeks to remind employers from the private sector that the compressed workweek should be voluntarily agreed upon by both employer and employee before it can be implemented.
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) clarified last week that female employees are entitled to receive tax-free maternity benefits under the provisions of Republic Act No. 11210, otherwise known as “The Expanded Maternity Leave Law”.
In compliance with the issuance of President Rodrigo Duterte’s Proclamation No. 555 on August 15, 2018, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reminded all employers to abide by the proper implementation and payment of wages to employees during the three holidays in November 2019.