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With businesses struggling to keep their heads above water due to the COVID-19 pandemic and with more people losing their jobs as a result, Senator Sonny Angara said that the reskilling and upskilling of workers is now more important than ever. “Unemployment hit a high of 17.7 percent in April this year. That’s over 7.3 […]
The welfare of workers should be among the top priorities in creating a recovery plan for the country, according to Senator Joel Villanueva. Villanueva, chairman of the Senate labor committee, lamented that in the past few months, workers’ welfare was glossed over as seen in the different policies and programs implemented by the government. “Tingi-tingi […]
Balancing the need to revive the economy amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) with the need to provide workers with protection and safety, Senator Dick Gordon is proposing that government provide transportation, such as bus services. During the hearing of the Committee of the Whole to discuss updates on COVID-19 situation in the country and […]
Fresh funding must be infused into emergency employment programs of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to stem the impact of mass layoffs, which have already started in the micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSME), according to Senator Joel Villanueva. Despite the initial difficulties in the implementation of the programs, the DOLE has shown […]
A total of 155,672 employees from 4,290 tourism-related enterprises affected by the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis have received their cash assistance under the Small Business Wage Subsidy (SBSW) program of the Department of Finance (DOF), Social Security System (SSS), and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) as of May 4. Since March, the […]
Workers in the private sector displaced by the community quarantine enforced in different parts of the country stand to receive a P5,000 lump-sum financial assistance from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), according to Senator Joel Villanueva. Villanueva said the amount will go a long way for workers, especially those who fall under the […]
Senator Joel Villanueva has called on the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to issue a work advisory for areas in Region 4-A, especially in Batangas to ensure the health and safety of workers as a result of Taal Volcano’s eruption. Villanueva also encouraged employers and their designated safety officers to assess whether there is […]
The transportation crisis now crippling commuters in Metro Manila should prompt labor regulators and employers to use alternative solutions such as implementing telecommuting to maintain worker productivity, said Senator Joel Villanueva. “We want to create more options for our employees to fulfill their duties while minimizing the need to go out of their homes and […]
Senator Joel Villanueva has called the signing of the Service Charge Law the “fulfillment of a four-decade struggle” to distribute the fee collected from consumers in the hospitality industry. Villanueva expressed gratitude to the government for putting an end to the struggle of workers in the services industry, who have been pushing for the full […]
Senator Joel Villanueva on Labor Day paid tribute to the resilience and sacrifices of Filipino workers as he expressed his continued commitment to advocate for the country’s labor sector by plugging loopholes in the bureaucracy that allow the influx of illegal foreign workers in the country. “In the hearings we conducted, we’ve laid out how […]