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                    [Title] => ECOP bucks wage hike
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The country’s biggest group of employers yesterday rejected the demand of workers for an P85 increase in their daily take home pay.

[DatePublished] => 2013-04-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 905604 [Title] => SC denies bid to review junked malversation case vs Arroyo [Summary] =>

The Supreme Court has upheld the Office of the Ombudsman's decision junking the malversation complaint filed against former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in connection with the alleged misuse of P530-million funds for overseas Filipino workers.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-06 16:04:51 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 678012 [Title] => Government steps up anti-child labor campaign: official [Summary] =>

The government is stepping up its anti-child labor drive by seeking the participation of 42,000 villages in the implementation of the administration's program, a senior government official said today.

[DatePublished] => 2011-04-19 23:31:38 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 442972 [Title] => Noli orders probe of alleged syndicate at POEA [Summary] =>

Vice President Noli de Castro ordered an investigation into an alleged syndicate operating within the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA).

[DatePublished] => 2009-02-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 41948 [Title] => 14,000 workers to go on strike [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2008-02-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 381280 [Title] => Proposed P125 legislated wage hike: Deal or no deal? [Summary] => While calls for the passage of the proposed P125 across-the-board legislated wage increase intensify, the Department of Labor and Employment recently met with the regional wage boards to discuss possibility of granting wage increase in the regional levels.

On Friday, the labor department convened the 17 Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards to study the impact of the P125 wage increase and look at the possibility of a wage increase this year.
[DatePublished] => 2007-01-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 375580 [Title] => DOLE sets up emergency employment program in Bicol [Summary] => The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is putting in place an emergency employment program to ensure immediate job placement for Bicol residents.

Labor Undersecretary for Employment Danilo Cruz said the DOLE is coming out with a program that would provide local and overseas employment for Bicolanos severely affected by typhoon "Reming."

"We are now planning the implementation of an emergency employment program that would enable Bicol residents to quickly recover from the devastation of typhoon Reming," he said.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 372837 [Title] => 1 M Pinoy workers went abroad this year [Summary] => The Philippines has reached a new milestone: it has deployed over one million of its people to employers overseas this year.

Labor Undersecretary for employment Danilo Cruz reported yesterday that official records show that more than one million overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have been deployed as 2006 enters its last month.

"We have reached one million annual deployment well before yearend and this represents a significant milestone in the efforts to facilitate overseas employment," Cruz said.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 372687 [Title] => Workers to get double pay [Summary] => Workers from private companies who will work today, a regular holiday, will get double their daily basic pay, the labor department said yesterday.

Labor Undersecretary for employment Danilo Cruz noted the holiday declared by Malacañang on Bonifacio Day thus, workers are entitled to receive additional pay for services rendered today.

Cruz said that under the law, those who would opt to work on a regular holiday would receive 200 percent of their daily salary and an additional 30 percent for work in excess of eight hours.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 360516 [Title] => Employment prospects in Qatar bright for Pinoy workers [Summary] => Employment prospects for returning workers from Lebanon and other aspiring overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are getting brighter, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported yesterday.

Labor Undersecretary for Employment Danilo Cruz said thousands of overseas jobs await Filipino workers, including those who have just returned from Lebanon.

Cruz noted that 18 OFWs returning from Lebanon are leaving next week to work in Qatar and more are expected to follow.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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