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PADILLA: PROFESSIONALIZE PH TALENT MGMT INDUSTRY

To end the harassment of talents in the entertainment industry, Senator Robin Padilla has filed a bill seeking to professionalize the talent management industry. Padilla filed Senate Bill 2778 which, among other provisions, requires a license for talent management outfits and defines the liability of media networks that own, manage or operate talent management firms. […]

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NOGRALES: 3 MILLION NEW JOBS BY 2028 ACHIEVABLE

Rizal 4th District Rep. Fidel Nograles believes that the government can achieve the three million new jobs Pres. Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. has targeted by the end of his term. “I believe that the target of 3 million by the end of Pres. Marcos’ term is achievable. Kami sa Kamara ay patuloy na makikipagtulungan sa administrasyon […]

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LEGARDA BACKS MINIMUM WAGE HIKE

Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda expressed her support for a bill increasing the daily minimum wage by P100 in the private sector to uplift families from poverty. Legarda co-authored and co-sponsored Senate Bill 2534, which the Senate passed on second reading. “It is high time we increase the minimum wage across the board in […]

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PROBE CONVERGE/METROWORKS CONSTRUCTION — PADILLA

Senator Robin Padilla is taking up the cudgels for workers of a company who may lose their jobs due to an alleged unlawful redundancy program seeking to dismantle employee unions. Padilla, in Senate Resolution 868, urged the Senate Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resource Development to look into the program by Converge/Metroworks ICT Construction […]

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NOGRALES LAUDS PBBM ENDORSEMENT OF ILO CONVENTION

President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.’s endorsement for the Senate to ratify an International Labor Organization (ILO) convention that seeks to end violence and harassment in the workplace would go a long way towards ensuring workers’ safety and welfare, the chair of the House of Representatives Labor and Employment Committee. “President Marcos’ endorsement of ILO Convention 190 […]

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ZUBIRI BACKS P150 LEGISLATED WAGE HIKE

The Senate remains unwavering in its commitment to increasing the wages for all daily wage workers nationwide through a legislated wage hike. Senate President Migz Zubiri said he is confident that with the release of the most recent Pulse Asia nationwide survey a few days ago where there is an overwhelming clamor for wage increases, […]

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PIMENTEL BACKS WAGE HIKE BILLS

Senate Minority Leader Koko Pimentel III said on Labor Day that it is about time that Congress enacts a legislated wage hike as he threw his support behind a slew of proposed legislation at the Upper Chamber seeking to raise the minimum wage hike in the country. This as the Senate chief fiscalizer advised the […]

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BILL TO PROTECT 1.5M FREELANCERS GETS HOUSE OK

The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a measure that provides protection and relief to over 1.5 million Filipino freelance workers who may fall prey to abusive employers due to a lack of a grievance system in the digital economy. With an overwhelming 250 votes, the chamber passed House Bill (HB) […]

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MORE SERVICE INCENTIVE LEAVES FOR EMPLOYEES PUSHED

Senator Lito Lapid has filed Senate Bill No. (SBN) 1511 which pushes to raise the number of paid service incentive leave (SIL) credits granted to qualified employees from five to 10. The proposed measure seeks to amend a provision of the Labor Code of the Philippines, which stipulates that “every employee who has rendered at […]

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NOGRALES VOWS TO TACKLE HIGHER WAGES BILLS SOON

Rizal 4th District Rep. Fidel Nograles, chairperson of the labor and employment committee of the House of Representatives said his panel is set to tackle the issue of higher wages soon. “May mga panukalang batas tungkol sa pagtataas ng sahod na nakatakda nating isalang sa lalong madaling panahon. Once preparations are done and all stakeholders […]