I’ve been in this job for 10 years now. My last promotion was six years ago when I was appointed operations manager in a medium-size organization. Since then, I’ve not received any promotion but got a meager annual 4% pay increase that corresponds to inflation. I’m wondering about my chances of getting a promotion. My question is about the average time of an employee getting a promotion in any industry. Or is it advisable now to look for a new job elsewhere? -- White Lady.

A SURVEY by Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) PhilhealthCare, Inc. (PhilCare) indicates that Metro Manila residents assign a low financial priority for medical emergencies despite being the most financially capable of all the regions.

THE Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) will be teaming up with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) to prepare industries and the labor force for the disruption brought about by automation.

BOSTON -- Activist investors who are shaking up Corporate America with calls for operational fixes, refreshed boards and even sales of a company are delivering their best returns in six years with double-digit gains for 2019 after big losses in 2018.

ZURICH -- Credit Suisse on Monday admitted to snooping on another of the bank’s former executives, deepening a spying scandal at the Swiss group, which is already under investigation for putting its ex-wealth management chief under surveillance.

LONDON -- British supermarket giant Tesco suspended a Chinese supplier of Christmas cards on Sunday after a press report said a customer found a message written inside a card saying it had been packed by foreign prisoners who were victims of forced labor.

BELEAGUERED -- Boeing Co. is putting its future in the hands of a turnaround veteran who has led several companies in crisis, cut his teeth at engine maker General Electric Co and has spent a decade on the board of the world’s largest planemaker.

MORE than half a million contractual workers were granted regular status during the current government’s term as a result of voluntary regularization programs and expanded labor inspections, the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) said.

DOMESTIC WORKERS in Metro Manila have officially been granted a wage hike to P5,000 monthly after the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Commission for the National Capital Region (RTWPB-NCR) released its wage order.

We are planning to organize a family welfare program for the spouses and children of our employees as part of our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). It is being recommended to us by our consultant who claims that such a program is helpful in preventing unions from knocking at the door of our factory. Is he correct? -- Faulty Experiment.

MEXICO CITY/WASHINGTON -- Mexican business leaders on Wednesday began poring over texts of a new stricter trade deal with the United States and Canada, looking for details of how more intrusive enforcement of labor rules in Mexico would affect their operations.

WASHINGTON -- The Business Roundtable, a trade group of top US chief executives, announced Wednesday its members backed the revised US-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade deal after negotiators brought the hard-won agreement across the finishing line.