WAGE HIKE. The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) regional office in Tacloban City. The wage board led by DOLE said on Friday (June 24, 2022) the new wage order granting a PHP50 daily minimum wage hike to more than three million workers in the private sector in Eastern Visayas will take effect on June 27.(File photo) TACLOBAN CITY - The new wage order granting a PHP50 daily minimum wage hike to more than three million workers in the private sector in Eastern Visayas (Region 8) will take effect on June 27. Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWP) chairman Henry John Jalbuena said in a statement on Friday the new wage rate will take effect 15 days after its publication in a local newspaper last June 13. The increase will be implemented in two tranches - PHP25 for the six months upon the effectivity of the new wage order and additional PHP25 after seven months or on Jan. 2, 2023. The new order was signed by the regional wage board on June 6 and approved by National W
JOB HUNTING.Job seekers checking a list of vacancies at the Tacloban City Public Employment Service Office (PESO) in this April 22 photo. At least 500 local jobs are available for pandemic-hit job seekers in Eastern Visayas on Independence Day (June 12), the Department of Labor and Employment field office said on Wednesday (June 8, 2022).(Photo courtesy of Tacloban PESO) TACLOBAN CITY - At least 500 local jobs are available for pandemic-hit job seekers in Eastern Visayas on Independence Day (June 12), the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) field office said on Wednesday. In a statement, DOLE Regional Director Henry John Jalbuena said 33 local employers are joining the job fair at the Robinsons North here in partnership with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA). Among the available vacancies include nurses, accounting staff, call center agents, drivers, production crew, store supervisors, cashiers, bartend
SETTLED. The Department of Labor and Employment regional office in Naval, Biliran settles a labor dispute in this August 2021 photo. The Single-Entry Approach that prevents conflicts from being full-blown cases settled 665 out of 812 requests for assistance last year. (Photo courtesy of DOLE Biliran) MANILA - Over 1,000 workers in Eastern Visayas received monetary claims amounting to PHP15.6 million after successfully mediating their labor-related concerns through the Single-Entry Approach (SEnA). The Department of Labor and Employment's (DOLE) regional office said 82 percent or 665 of the 812 requests for assistance (RFAs) filed last year under the SEnA program were resolved, higher than the prescribed target of 70 percent, according to a news release on Saturday. SEnA is an administrative approach to provide a speedy, impartial, inexpensive, and accessible settlement procedure to prevent labor issues or conflicts from being full-blown disputes or actual labor cases. The remaining