Saudi doubles salaries of household workers.
Byline: RAYMUND F. ANTONIO The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) has scored another major breakthrough in the deployment of household service workers abroad after the Saudi National Recruitment Committee (SANARCOM) agreed to increase the monthly salary of Filipino household service workers from $ 200 to $...

President eases rules on direct hiring of OFWs.
Byline: GENALYN D. KABILING Amid growing opposition to a new government policy on direct hiring of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), President Arroyo yesterday ordered labor authorities to relax regulations covering Filipino professionals seeking employment abroad. In a Cabinet meeting in Malacanang, the President asked...

Gov't providing call center training for OFWs in HK.
HONG KONG (Via PLDT) -- Starting next month, Filipino domestic helpers could enrol in government-sponsored training centers in Hong Kong to become call center agents. Upon the instructions of President Arroyo, acting Labor Secretary Marianito Roque said the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) and Overseas Workers...

Non-working holiday on Monday, April 7; DoLE issues wage rules.
April 7, Monday, has been declared a regular non-working holiday nationwide in observance of the Araw ng Kagitingan on April 9, acting Labor and Employment Secretary Marianito D. Roque announced yesterday. Roque said that Proclamation No. 1463 issued by President Arroyo provides for the commemoration of the...

DoLE sees no need for wage petition to grant increase.
TACLOBAN CITY -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) 8 is now studying the possibility of implementing a new round of wage increases. Regional Director Forter Pugoon said in an interview with the Philippine Information Agency early this week that the Region 8 Tripartite Wage and...

DoLE to chronicle OFW history, says Brion at Ople rites.
The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) will lead the chronicling of the oral history of contract migration and the country's journey as a global source of migrant workers, Secretary Arturo Brion of the Department of Labor (DoLE) said yesterday after a commemorative mass for the late Foreign Affairs...

Foreign employers exempted from new guidelines on direct hiring of OFWs.
Byline: RAYMUND F. ANTONIO The government has exempted foreign employers from labor host countries such as Canada, Italy, and Hong Kong from the new guidelines on direct hiring of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). Labor and Employment Secretary Arturo Brion said granting exemptions to foreign employers...

Gov't launches US-funded project for child workers.
Byline: Raymund F. Antonio The government launched yesterday a four-year project funded by the United States Department of Labor aimed at addressing the educational needs of children engaged in child labor activities. Labor and Employment Secretary Arturo D. Brion led the launching of the project...

DoLE to chronicle OFW history, says Brion at Ople rites.
The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) will lead the chronicling of the oral history of contract migration and the country's journey as a global source of migrant workers, Secretary Arturo Brion of the Department of Labor (DoLE) said yesterday after a commemorative mass for the late Foreign Affairs...

Topnotch seafarers of the world.
Byline: Hern. P. Zenarosa With the continually increasing importance of the maritime industry in international commerce, the announcement the other day by the Labor and Employment Department that it was putting in place measures to respond to its needs in terms of manning facilities is reassuring for...