ONLINE hiring activity in the Philippines increased during the first quarter with the outlook improving due to the country’s strong fundamentals, Monster.com said.

THE Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) said it has no objections to the work-from-home bill that recently made it past second reading in Congress.

SEVEN companies committed to promoting gender equality have tied up with a womens’ organization to put together manuals and tool kits that will help prevent sexual harassment in the workplace.

We’d like to hire more contractual workers to help us in our business operations. But we’re still weighing some things given the government’s crackdown against “endo” employment. Please help us make an intelligent decision. -- Doubting Thomas.

Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines Inc.(PCCPI) assured it will discuss with authorities issues regarding its employees who picketed the Department of Labor and Employment on Monday,...

THE Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) filed a petition with the National Capital Region (NCR) Regional Wages and Productivity Board for a P320 across-the-board wage increase for workers in the private sector.

ILOILO CITY -- The wage increase ordered for the Western Visayas region, or Region VI, will be implemented at a later date in Aklan province in consideration of the temporary closure of the resort island of Boracay.

DAVAO CITY -- Food industry workers like livestock slaughterers, chefs and baristas, as well as welders and other skilled construction workers are the most in demand both domestically and overseas, a Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) official said.

NEW YORK -- As a biomedical engineering student at Duke University, Priya Karani thought she did not have the right skills to break into the heavily male-dominated field of Wall Street trading.

LONDON -- Britain’s Rolls-Royce said it would cut 4,600 jobs to save £400 million a year in the latest attempt by CEO Warren East to simplify the business and generate more cash.

Is it possible for an ordinary worker to be promoted ahead of his department supervisor or even the manager due to the former’s consistent above-average work performance? What are the implications? Is it advisable for top management to do this as a matter of routine? -- Looking Around.

THE population of persons of school-going age who were not in school dropped to 3.6 million in 2017 from 3.8 million a year earlier, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said.