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Acting Labor Secretary Manuel Imson also confirmed that South African maritime authorities have already called off the intensive search and rescue operations that went on for several days, which resulted in the successful rescue of six Filipino crewmen.


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Acting Labor Secretary Manuel Imson, however, assured the labor sector that government conciliators have undertaken appropriate measures to resolve all pending labor disputes and that the business climate in the country remains stable.


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                    [Title] => DOLE orders 1-day processing of union, CBA registrations
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Labor Secretary Patricia Sto. Tomas issued Department Order No. 40-D-05 amending some sections of the implementing rules of the Labor Code purposely to promote industrial peace and respect for workers' rights.  


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                    [Title] => 50,000 jobs await Pinoys in four countries
                    [Summary] => More jobs await Filipino nurses and other skilled workers abroad, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) reported yesterday. 


POEA Administrator Rosalinda Baldoz said the government is currently negotiating the hiring of over 50,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Indonesia.


"The government of Australia has opened new quota of 50,000 which would enable Filipinos to work there as temporary or permanent residents," Baldoz said.


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                    [Title] => RP still on IMO ‘white list’
                    [Summary] => More Filipino seafarers are expected to be hired abroad as the Philippines remained on the International Maritime Organization’s "white list" of countries with competent seamen.


Acting Labor Secretary Manuel Imson said the IMO has confirmed the Philippines’ continued inclusion in the list of countries that sufficiently complied with standard training, certification and watchkeeping (STCW) for seafarers.


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                    [Title] => Workers entitled to 230% overtime pay on Sunday,  Monday
                    [Summary] => Workers at private companies will again enjoy a long weekend — or choose to work for hefty overtime pay.


Acting Labor Secretary Manuel Imson said workers who opt to report for work on Sunday, which is Independence Day, and Monday, which has also been declared a non-working holiday, are entitled to at least 230 percent overtime pay from their employers.


Imson explained that Sunday, June 12, is a regular holiday and under the law, workers who render service during holidays are entitled to get double their regular daily pay.


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                    [Title] => 5,000 jobs up for grabs
                    [Summary] => At least 5,000 jobs are now up for grabs for job seekers in Metro Manila.


Acting Labor Secretary Manuel Imson said 5,000 local and overseas jobs would be offered at a jobs fair to be held by the DOLE’s Metro Manila office in Rizal Park today.


"We are bringing together 30 local employers and 25 overseas employment agencies at the Rizal Park to facilitate jobs and skills matching for new graduates and other job seekers," Imson said.


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                    [Title] => Need for wage hike in 7 areas confirmed
                    [Summary] => Seven regional wage boards declared "supervening conditions" that justify an immediate increase in the daily take-home pay of workers in their respective areas.


Labor Undersecretary and spokesman Benedicto Ernesto Bitonio said seven of the 17 regional tripartite wages and productivity boards (RTWPBs) have confirmed that supervening conditions prevail and that a salary hike should be granted.


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                    [Title] => ECOP: Wage hike to push unemployed to 5 million
                    [Summary] => More dire warnings.


The Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) warned yesterday there will be massive retrenchment of workers once Congress approves a measure granting a P125 across-the-board wage hike.


ECOP president Rene Soriano said the country is already experiencing a phenomenon of jobless growth and added that the passage of the P125 legislated wage increase bill would only push the number of unemployed Filipinos up by over five million.


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                    [Title] => Pinoy maids in HK to get salary increase
                    [Summary] => Filipino and other foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong are finally getting their much-awaited salary increase, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said yesterday.


Acting Labor Secretary Manuel Imson said the Hong Kong government finally gave in to the clamor to raise the minimum monthly salary of foreign domestic helpers there — effecting over 123,000 Filipino maids.


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Acting Labor Secretary Manuel Imson, however, assured the labor sector that government conciliators have undertaken appropriate measures to resolve all pending labor disputes and that the business climate in the country remains stable.


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Acting Labor Secretary Manuel Imson said the IMO has confirmed the Philippines’ continued inclusion in the list of countries that sufficiently complied with standard training, certification and watchkeeping (STCW) for seafarers.


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ECOP president Rene Soriano said the country is already experiencing a phenomenon of jobless growth and added that the passage of the P125 legislated wage increase bill would only push the number of unemployed Filipinos up by over five million.


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Acting Labor Secretary Manuel Imson said the Hong Kong government finally gave in to the clamor to raise the minimum monthly salary of foreign domestic helpers there — effecting over 123,000 Filipino maids.


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