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UP Law WEP first training series on labor standards

UP Law WEP kicks off first training series on labor standards The Workers and Employees Program (WEP) of the University of the Philippines College of Law/Law Center began its first training series on Workers’ Rights and Benefits Under Labor Standards Laws through a session on wages held virtually on Saturday morning, 10 September 2022. The resource persons were Atty. Queen Therese "Queen" D. Espinas, Attorney III of the Labor Standards Appeals and Review Division, Bureau of Working Conditions (BWC), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), and Atty. Grace N. Mana-ay-Badilla, Attorney V of the Review, Appeals and Legal Division, DOLE…

HCCH ASIA Pacific Week Manila 2022 Web Registration

HCCH ASIA Pacific Week Manila 2022 Web Registration The Philippines is the proud host of this year’s Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) Asia Pacific Week from 18-20 October 2022 in Manila. The Asia Pacific Week Manila 2022 will center around the theme of “Enabling cross-border cooperation in the region and beyond.” Conference sessions will provide a unique opportunity for participants to learn more about the HCCH and its work, engage with experts from across Asia and the Pacific, and to consider regional experiences. Registration is now open by visiting https://apwmanila2022.law.upd.edu.ph or scanning the QR code below.

Judge Pangalangan chairs ILO Commission of Inquiry

Former UP Law Dean and former ICC Judge Raul C. Pangalangan was recently appointed to head a Commission of Inquiry at the International Labour Organization (ILO). The Commission of Inquiry is ILO’s highest-level investigative procedure under its Constitution, and is generally set up when a member State is accused of committing persistent and serious violations and has repeatedly refused to address them. Since the ILO’s founding in 1919, it has created only fourteen such Commissions. In March this year, the ILO Governing Body established a Commission of Inquiry to consider the complaint concerning non-observance by Myanmar of the Forced Labour…

Setting the Labor Legislative Agenda for the 19th Congress

WEP holds RTD on setting the labor legislative agenda for the 19th Congress The Workers and Employees Program (WEP) conducted a round-table discussion (RTD) last June 18, 2022 with the theme “Labor Legislative Agenda: Moving Forward.” Geared towards bringing to the fore the pressing issues and concerns of the labor sector that should be addressed by the incoming 19th Congress, and likewise, to present the WEP-proposed Disease Outbreak Benefits Bill for further feedback, the RTD included participants from labor groups, federations, a Party-List Representative, and law students. Prof. Solomon F. Lumba, the Associate Dean of the UP College of Law,…

Atty. Ice Baguilat lectures on Indigenous Peoples in the Academia

Atty. Ice Baguilat lectures in UP IHR forum on Indigenous Peoples in the Academia In celebration of the National Day of Indigenous Peoples and International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, the UP IHR organized a forum entitled “Indigenous Peoples and Learning Spaces in the Academe” on 9 August 2022. The event which was held at the Bocobo Hall and simultaneously presented via Zoom and Facebook Live was opened by UP IHR Director Professor Elizabeth Aguiling-Pangalangan. In her welcome address, Professor Aguiling-Pangalangan pointed out that the role of academia in advancing IP rights is undeveloped. She highlighted the importance of…

Asian Society of Labour Law’s Manila Special Conference Call for Papers

Asian Society of Labour Law Invites Paper Submissions for the 16-17 December 2022 Manila Special Conference; Designates UP Law Prof. Daway As Interim President Greetings! The Asian Society of Labour Law (AsianSLL) will hold its 2022 Manila Special Conference on the reset/rescheduled date of 16-17 December 2022, via hybrid (face-to-face and virtual), at the College of Law, University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines. The Conference Theme is “Labour Rights in the New Normal”. The two-day Conference will have thematic discussions based on these concerns: Workers’ Rights Amidst the New Normal (Pandemic) Gender Equality in Labour Law Other…

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