Manila – Institute for Labor Studies researcher Maria Isabel D. Artajo’s paper titled “‘Should I stay or should I go too?: Understanding the employment aspirations and migration trajectories of left-behind children in the Philippines,” probed into the dynamics why despite high risks and uncertainties, many Filipinos still seek overseas employment.
The research tackled how prevalent overseas migration is in the Philippines, and how such a trend has lasted more than four decades by looking into globalization and its corresponding macro-processes.
The Institute for Labor Studies’ researcher Bernard Mangulabnan completed his paper titled “Proposing an Inter-Agency Cooperation Framework for the Conduct of Special Assessment Visits of the Department of Labor and Employment.”
The Institute for Labor Studies (ILS) is recognized anew by the Association of Government Accountants of the Philippines (AGAP) as one of the country’s "Most Outstanding Accounting Offices" during the AGAP Convention Seminar at the Bohol Tropics Resort in Tagbilaran City, on October 19, 2016.
This year, the Institute for Labor Studies (ILS) held the 3rd I-Gov Talks with the theme “Road to Resiliency: Addressing Questions that Inspire Actions” at the Labor Governance Learning Center, DOLE Executive Building last October 21, 2016.
The Institute for Labor Studies (ILS) prepares itself in crafting the Green Jobs Human Resource Development (HRD) plan based on the 2012 Green Jobs Mapping report by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) in collaboration with the International Labor Organization (ILO).