The prolonged COVID-19 pandemic closed international borders and slowed migration, but highly skilled overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), especially nurses, have managed to continue sending money back home to support their families reeling from the recession, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said.
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Tuesday vowed to seek justice for the 30-year-old overseas Filipino worker (OFW) in Abu Dhabi who had gone missing for 10 months before she was found dead recently.
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has earmarked a budget of P19 billion as financial assistance to almost two million Filipino workers in the country and around 500,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) for 2021, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said Thursday.
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said on Monday that it will soon meet with delegates from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for a joint meeting to settle the agreement on the standard employment contract for the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).
Some 139 Filipinos in Myanmar arrived in the Philippines Monday through a chartered flight in light of Covid-19 travel restrictions and the political situation in the Southeast Asian country.
A new report based on an inter-agency survey on technical and vocational education and training (TVET) highlights the challenges thrown up by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as innovations in teaching and learning.
The International Labour Organization and the European Union have reinforced their cooperation to shape the future of work and promote decent work. This will help the EU and the ILO in their responses to the devastating impact of the coronavirus crisis on the world of work.
Changes brought about by the expanding digital economy could help persons with disabilities gain more equal access to the world of work, or they could create greater barriers. A new ILO report proposes actions to ensure that the post-COVID world of work is disability-inclusive.
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