JULY 2019 | International Law Alerts | Labor Law / OFWs

Job seekers today lack the skills needed to work in the digital economy, says a survey on digital skills in the workforce.

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III on Thursday criticized the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) Global Rights Index 2019 placing the Philippines “as among the top 10 worst countries in the world for working people,” defending the consistent efforts of the administration in protecting the Filipino workers and their families.

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have joined forces to develop an online learning system for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in destination countries, starting in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.

Act creating the Department of Overseas Filipino Workers

THE Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) on Monday denied a Laguna province-based publication’s claim that there are illegal Chinese workers in its economic zones.

EBC New Zealand correspondent Greg Basa reports about the consultations with overseas Filipino workers conducted by the Philippine embassy in New Zealand, with the help of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office in Australia.

Some 1,400 passports of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) were confiscated by Hong Kong police from a lending company after they were used as collateral, a report on Unang Balita said Wednesday.

THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) will start collecting from foreign workers this month billions of pesos in unpaid income taxes, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez 3rd said on Monday.

THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) said its new guidelines on granting temporary work permits to foreign nationals prioritizes 14 categories for the issue of Special Working Permits (SWPs), including athletes, performers, and persons with special abilities.