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uct of a special survey on children, a new project of the DOLE and the ILO-IPEC.” The new project entitled Strengthening National Capacities to Support the Philippine Program Against Child Labor’s Vision of a Child Labor-Free Philippines aims to contribute to the PPACL goal to reduce the incidence of the worst forms of child labor (WFCL) by 75%. It has four components: a) Knowledge Management; b) Effective Partnership; c) Area- Based Services in …

Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda D. Baldoz yesterday announced that the Department of Labor and Employment has rescued 58 more workers who were illegally recruited, trafficked, placed to an unlicensed recruitment agency, and forced to work in unsafe conditions as a result of its intensified campaign against illegal recruitment, trafficking in persons, and child labor. This has brought to 64 the number of workers rescued by the Department…

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has successfully launched the first shipboard training for its officials and staff on board Kapitan Felix Oca training ship as part of its efforts to gain better understanding of ship operation and improve programs and services for Filipino seafarers particularly in ensuring that their conditions on board are in accordance with the labor and health and safety standards. Labor and Employment Secretary…

nt than any [other] place in the world because many people [buyers] will definitely be there,” Anino Games President and Chief Executive Officer Niel Dagondon said. Anino Games is the largest game development studio in the Philippines and one of the local companies that will join the Philippine delegation. It developed and published more than 20 games for leading consoles and gaming platforms such as Shutter Island, Mystery of Cleopatra, Dr…

the performance of their jobs, and not on the basis of gender, sex, creed, beliefs and nationality. “This effort is the first step in promoting equal rights for women, LGBTs and other workers affected by discrimination in the Philippines,” Baldoz said. The forum, dubbed “Working World Trialogue Series 10.10 Discrimination in the Workplace: Beyond the Stereotypes,” has achieved considerable success in bringing together a unique mix of gender exper…

Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda D. Baldoz yesterday echoed the call of workers for employers to comply with the minimum wage law and urged the employers to heed the clamor and do so. “This is a feedback hard to ignore,” Baldoz said, citing a report of the DOLE Call Center showing that most of the workers who contacted the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) hotline have been inquiring about minimum wages and calling on employers t…