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In the Philippines, the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines is the largest union and confederation of 30 labor federations in the country which come from a wide range of sectors. [36] As of 2009, there are a total of 34,320 unions with consist of members summing up to 2.6 million. [37]
The provisions on unemployment benefits were dropped when the legislation was amended in 1957 to prioritize retirement, sickness, disability and death benefits. [ 4 ] Under the 2018 legislation, the benefits are dispensed through a one-time payment to equal to 50 percent of the claimant's monthly salary for a maximum of two months.
The region posted the second highest average annual family income in Mindanao in 2009, although lower than the national average. Between 2006 and 2009, annual family income increased by 16.2 percent from PHP 142,000 to PHP 165,000. On the average, incomes rose by 5.4 percent annually exceeding the region‟s RDP target of five percent.
The hope that unemployment in the largest nations will peak at 8 percent or even 9 percent appears to be going away. That means that even the currently planned stimulus packages in places like the ...
There are a lot of people out of work, which is the norm during a recession. There are almost no jobs available, which is a bit unusual during a recovery. According to the The New York Times, a ...
As my colleague Douglas McIntyre described in "Unemployment problems are worse than meet the eye," unemployment in this recession is different -- what many are calling structural unemployment ...
The Department of Labor and Employment (Filipino: Kagawaran ng Paggawa at Empleo; [2] DOLE) is one of the executive departments of the Philippine government mandated to formulate policies, implement programs and services, and serve as the policy-coordinating arm of the Executive Branch in the field of labor and employment.
Fresh data shows the nation's labor market is continuing to improve, albeit modestly. The number of people filing new claims for unemployment fell to a seasonally adjusted 432,000 for the week ...