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The maritime industry proves to be vital in economic progress, deploying a total of about 400,000 Filipino seafarers abroad. Given their sheer volume, it is quite expected for Filipino crew claims for losses in cases of work-related disability or death to arise. However, the current labor dispute settlement system is criticized for being too legalistic and adversarial in nature. One of the landmark initiatives of the Department of Labor and Employment in reforming the current adjudication process is the implementation of the 30-day mandatory conciliationmediation through the Single Entry Approach or SEnA.
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This policy paper puts forward a cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analyses of the regulation on security of tenure with the aim to assess whether or not the regulation is more labor market restrictive than employment protective which is indicated by the ratio of total benefits gained as measure for protection on one hand over total costs incurred as measure for restriction on the other hand. Cost-benefit and costeffectiveness analyses intend to identify and estimate the value of the costs and benefits that have the most significant implications to the policy by means of cost-benefit, costeffectiveness and sensitivity analysis.
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The paper identifies the issues and challenges encountered by Filipino nurses and careworkers while working in Japan. For the period 2009-2013, the Philippines-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement or PJEPA has facilitated the entry of 784 Filipino nurses and careworkers to Japan; of which, 116 passed the licensure examinations, translating to a passing rate of 14.8%. This not-so-impressive figure questions the effectiveness of PJEPA as an instrument for labor mobility. The paper aims to gather the responses of the Filipino nurses and careworkers who have gone through all the components and interventions that comprise the labor mobility program under the PJEPA.
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Given the skills and competencies of HSWs and given labor demand, what are other occupational options that will afford decent work among HSWs? This study found that HSWs have opportunities for alternative occupational choices, many of which can provide them more decent income. Data, however, indicate that only a few HSWs possess certification of skills, or license for professional qualifications. Therefore, unless the skill profiles or professional qualifications of HSWs are upgraded, the alternative occupations will remain opportunities, not realities that will afford them more decent work—occupational mobility of HSWs will remain constrained.