Filipino workers face a broad range of potential gains and risks as the ASEAN integration officially takes off this year, according to a research presented in 2014 during the 3rd DOLE (Department of Labor and Employment) Research Conference on Decent Work.
Chief Labor and Employment Officer (LEO) Brenalyn Peji said in her research “DOLE Roadmap to ASEAN Integration in 2015” that at least 3 million additional jobs can be created under the increasing regional economic integration, which she cited as a boon mostly to Filipino professionals and skilled workers.
While Filipino nurses and careworkers under the PJEPA have to improve their performance in the Japanese licensure examinations
Filipino household service workers (HSWs) in Hong Kong and Dubai have a broad range of occupational choices beyond domestic work mostly owing to their skills, a research by OIC-Executive Director Mary Grace Riguer of the Institute for Labor Studies (ILS) shows.
The Institute for Labor Studies (ILS) prepares its research on portable social security scheme for migrant workers in support of the country’s hosting of the 37th APEC Human Resources Development Working Group (HRDWG) meeting from May 10 to 13.
The ILS is part of the Steering Committee formed by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and tasked to ensure a successful engagement of the PHL-APEC Hosting of APEC 2015. The ILS is also named a member of the Committee on Labor on Social Protection Network.
Executive Director Cynthia Rodis-Cruz of the Institute for Labor Studies (ILS) is the new Director of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) Labor Center in Kaohshiung City, Taiwan and assumed the post on 25 November 2014.
The Institute for Labor Studies (ILS) participated in the 2014 Walk to End Violence Against Women (EndVAW) on November 25, at Quezon City (QC) Memorial Circle. The walk marks the National Consciousness Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Children.
Bringing together about 5,000 individuals from different national government agencies, local government units and civil society groups, the 2014 EndVAW Walk jumpstarted an 18-day campaign, which will conclude on December 12.