Manila, Philippines – Former Bureau of Workers with Special Conditions Director Ahmma Charisma Lobrin-Satumba is named as the new Acting Executive Director of the Institute for Labor Studies.
With her assumption as the Acting Executive Director, Atty. Mary Grace L. Riguer will resume her post as the Deputy Executive Director III.
Manila – The Institute for Labor Studies (ILS) researches titled, “A Study on Mine Safety and Working Conditions in the Metallic and Non-Metallic Small-Scale Mining Sector in the Philippines,” and “An In-depth Study on Mine Safety and Working Conditions in Large Scale Mining Sector in the Philippines,” are on its final leg of research field work and are slated to be completed by the first week of September this year.
Manila - The Institute for Labor Studies (ILS) hosted the recently concluded Follow-up Training on Assessing and Addressing the Effects of Trade on Employment Workshop of the International Labor Organization-European Union (ILO-EU) Project on Strengthening the Impact of Trade on Employment in the Philippines (STRENGTHEN) last August 24-25 at the iLearn Conference Room of the ILS in Intramuros, Manila.
Manila – Students that have been under the Department of Labor and Employment’s Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) have increased their likelihood of currently working by 3.9% compared to those not chosen to receive the said program.
This was among the key findings during the presentation of results of the Impact Evaluation for the SPES Program held last August 18 at the Bayleaf Hotel in Intramuros, Manila hosted by the Institute for Labor Studies as the lead of the DOLE-Technical Working Group (DOLE-TWG).
On July 11-13, 2018, the Institute for Labor Studies participated in the training organized by the International Labour Organization titled (ILO) ”Transition from Informal to Formal Economy: Awareness Raising on R204 towards Designing an Integrated Policy Framework in the Philippines” at Hotel Jen, Roxas Boulevard, Metro Manila.