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Manila – The Institute for Labor Studies (ILS) conducted its second webinar titled “Breaking Barriers: Skills and Tips to Navigate the Digitalized Workplace,” as part of its 10-part webinar series last September 2 via Zoom.

The webinar, which looked into the digital careers in the country and how employees are shifting from physical office work to become virtual professionals.

Manila – Institute for Labor Studies (ILS) Executive Director Ahmma Charisma Lobrin-Satumba represented Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III in the High-Level Ministerial Conference on Human Resources Development (HRD) on the Changing World of Work held online last September 15.

Manila – Institute for Labor Studies (ILS) employees Soledad R. de Luna and Arianne Ishreen C. Bucar were recently promoted to Labor and Employment Officers (LEO) III, and took their oath of office before ILS Executive Director Ahmma Charisma Lobrin-Satumba via Zoom last September 3.

Their oath-taking was the third one conducted online by the Institute transpiring after the ILS has been conferred the Program to Institutionalize Meritocracy and Excellence in Human Resource Management (PRIME HRM) Level II / Bronze Award by the Civil Service Commission (CSC).

Manila – For its policy advocacy events line up this 2020, the Institute for Labor Studies (ILS) has prepared a 10-part webinar series titled, “Revive & Thrive: ILS COVID-19 Webinar Series, Actions for creating a decent future of work amid and beyond COVID-19.”

In this webinar series, the Institute strives to take the public discourse on post-pandemic recovery to new frontiers, highlighting that to overcome this unprecedented crisis better, there is a need to take bolder actions to revive what has been lost or damaged—and to thrive on a decent future of work built on the principles of resilience, equity, justice and solidarity.

Manila – In line with Malacañang Proclamation No. 247 dated September 02, 2002, declaring the month of September of every year as Development Policy Research Month (DPRM), the Institute for Labor Studies (ILS) through its Advocacy and Publications Division (APD), collaborates with social enterprises, namely Saliksik PH and AUDEO Philippines this September for online advocacy events to respectively promote policy research and the role of green jobs in making the ‘new normal’ a ‘better normal’.