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Manila – Researchers from the Institute for Labor Studies recently completed the preliminary online validation meetings for their 2020 researches held during the third and fourth week of December.

With the current challenges bought by COVID-19 preventive protocols, which limit the usual face-to-face convention type of research validation proceedings, the three technical divisions of the Institute respectively held individual online validation meetings for their researches using Zoom.

Manila – Despite the on-going pandemic, the Institute for Labor Studies (ILS) continues with its commitment to advocate for mental health and aptly starts it in its turf.

Members of the ILS Gender and Development (GAD) Committee led an online event titled, “Mental Health and Transformative Ecosystem Change Workshop” via Zoom last December 18. The event aimed to shed light on the mental health factors and challenges that the Institute’s employees have faced during the pandemic, with the aim of crafting a tailored mental health policy for ILS promoting a safer and more productive working environment.

The Institute for Labor Studies Program on Awards and Incentives for Service Excellence (PRAISE) Committee named its 2019/2020 awardees in a virtual ceremony via Zoom on December 23.

The annual ILS PRAISE awards is in line with the Institutes’ annual Rewards and Recognition activity, which aims to uphold ILS core values by rewarding, recognizing, and providing incentives to employees who have shown exemplary and excellent performance and behavior in their delivery of service for Filipino workers.

Manila – The Institute for Labor Studies (ILS) honored its 44-year old service retiree with an online tribute and send off via Zoom on December 23.

Ms. Presentacion C. Torres, Labor and Employment Officer (LEO) II of the Advocacy and Publications Division, has reached her compulsory retirement last November 23. She previously worked for the Institute of Labor and Manpower Studies (ILMS), from which ILS traced its roots prior to its creation in July 25, 1987 through Executive Order No. 251 issued by then President Corazon C. Aquino.

Manila – The Institute for Labor Studies (ILS) completed its 2020 Internal Audit for the 2nd Semester conducted from December 21 -22 with the owners of 19 enrolled process areas.

This semester’s Internal Audit aims to assess the Institute’s continuing conformance and compliance to the ISO 9001:2015 and its established Quality Management System (QMS), and assist the organization in identifying potential areas for improvement. Being a self-check mechanism for the Institute, the audit also ensures that ILS meets or exceeds its client’s requirements.