MORE safety officer training will be provided for micro establishments, an official of the Occupational Safety and Health Center (OSHC) of the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) said Monday.
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) are now preparing for the opening of the country’s first hospital for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). In a Facebook post on April 1, DOLE announced that it has recently met with PGH doctors and Overseas Worker
(File photo) MANILA - The number of new Covid-19 cases in the National Capital Region and 38 other areas under Alert Level 1 continues to go down, an OCTA Research Group fellow said Monday. Since the group's prediction of less than 1,000 new cases by March, Dr. Guido David noted that the numbers might continue to decrease to a few hundred at the end of the month. "Medyo nag-slow down, pero bumababa pa rin, 'yun ang mahalaga (It has slowed down, but it's still going down, that's the important thing)," David said in a televised public briefing. "About 300 to 500 [new cases] tulad ng nakita natin December last year bago pumasok ang taon na ito (just like what we've seen in December last year before this year entered." The slow downward trend in the Covid-19 numbers could be attributed to decreased vaccination data and population protection, he added. To continue the decrease in cases, the group said the public must continue adhering to minimum publi
Labor Assistant Secretary Maria Teresita Cucueco (Screengrab from Laging Handa briefing) MANILA - The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Thursday reported that it has surpassed its 75,000 target establishments to be inspected for compliance on general labor standards, occupational safety, and coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) monitoring for this year. "Our target for this year is 75,000. Today, we are at 90,327. We're over, and 120 percent on inspection. We see good in their compliance with general labor standards and occupational safety and Covid-19 monitoring, as of November," Labor Assistant Secretary Ma. Teresita Cucueco said in a Laging Handa briefing. She also reported that the compliance of companies is improving, as they recorded some 70 percent of firms are following the guidelines, particularly in safety and health. "The compliance on general labor standards and safety and health is recorded separately. Last year, we recorded good compliance wit
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