EO on contractualization due by March — DoLE
PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte is set to sign an executive order (EO) on contractualization by March, Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) secretary Silvestre...
PHL graduates’ English edge seen narrowing
THE PHILIPPINES’ perceived advantage in English may be narrowing after a study found that Filipino university graduates as a group score below the target...
Tesco faces equal-pay case that seeks up to $5.6 billion in claims
AS THE UK FORCES companies to disclose the gap between men’s and women’s pay, the country’s biggest private employer is confronted with a massive...
Multiple approvals in worker applications for leave
By Rey Elbo
I’m an ordinary office worker in a small family enterprise with about 400 workers. Most of the time, we are fearful of the management...
Metro Manila labor turnover stabilizes in Q3
By Christine J. S. Castañeda, Senior Researcher
and Mark T. Amoguis, Researcher
LABOR TURNOVER in large Metro Manila enterprises declined to its slowest pace since early...
What’s the value of hiring and managing gray workers?
By Rey Elbo
Because of the difficulties in hiring and managing millennials, we’re now looking into the possibility of hiring retired people to do office jobs or...
China goes on tech-hiring binge; wages surge
CHINA’S war for technology talent is intensifying.
Tens of thousands of people are being hired to shore up cybersecurity, help censor online content, and try...
Who should personally handle employee dismissals?
By Rey Elbo
Our HR department used to take the lead in handling personally all disciplinary cases in our organization. Now that we have a new HR...
Personally knowing the workers is a motivational key
By Rey Elbo
You’ve been talking about employee motivation for some time now. But exactly, what is the first step that we in management must do to...
Fire-hit Davao BPO wants to reopen in 2 months
DAVAO CITY -- Suspending the company whose 37 employees died in a fire just two days before Christmas here will result in about P97...
When should you recognize workers?
By Rey Elbo
We’re planning to improve our employee reward and recognition program. Our current system provides a formal ceremony which is done monthly, quarterly, and yearly....
Migrant worker evictions tear at Beijing’s backbone
THEY FUELED their nation’s dramatic economic rise, toiling in jobs far from home, but China’s migrant workers are now finding themselves increasingly unwelcome as...