MANILA, Sept 18 (Mabuhay) — President Rodrigo Duterte has yet to decide on the proposal of the Labor department to exempt more nurses from the overseas deployment ban due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Malacañang said Thursday. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III has proposed to...

MANILA, Sept 17 (Mabuhay) — Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III on Wednesday said they are just waiting for President Rodrigo Duterte’s approval of the decision of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging...

MANILA, Sept 5 (Mabuhay) –The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Saturday has identified the second rescued Filipino crew member of the capsized Panamanian-flagged vessel Gulf Livestock 1. Citing the report from the Philippine Overseas Labor Office in Osaka,...

MANILA (Mabuhay) – A neophyte lawmaker is seeking the granting of two weeks of unpaid leave a year to employees whose spouse, parent, unmarried child or who themselves suffer from serious illness. Rep. Gus Tambunting (2nd District, Parañaque City) raised this proposal through...

MANILA (Mabuhay) – While they have a separate retirement and benefits system from civilian government employees, members of the uniformed services are still covered by the Employees’ Compensation program. The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) gave this reassurance over...

MANILA  (Mabuhay) — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said when assistant labor attache to Saudi Arabia Antonio Villafuerte arrives in the Philippines from Saudi on Thursday, he will face the investigation into the alleged “sexploitation” of overseas...

Secretary of Labor and Employment Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz and Secretary of Agriculture Proceso J. Alcala yesterday signed a memorandum of agreement that will set into motion the promotion of agribusiness, particularly agribusiness entrepreneurship, as a strategic part of the...

MANILA, Feb 28 (Mabuhay) — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said it will respect the decision of the  Hong Kong Accredited Recruiters of the Philippines (SHARP) to stop the deployment of Filipino household service workers to Hong Kong. SHARP, an association of...