3,170 OFWs leaving RP daily -- POEA.
Byline: RAYMUND F. ANTONIO The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) said yesterday that 3,170 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) are leaving the country daily for employment abroad, posting a robust growth in the total deployment of OFWs in the first quarter of the year. Rosalinda Baldoz,...

P125 wage hike measure set aside.
Byline: BEN R. ROSARIO The Committee on Labor in the House of Representatives has sent the proposed R125 wage hike bill to the legislative backburner but pushed for the approval of the measure to double the deduction in income that may be subjected to tax. ...

GMA orders studies on wage increases.
Byline: GENALYN D. KABILING President Arroyo yesterday called for the assembly of all regional tripartite wage and productivity boards to study the possible increase in the salary of workers to cope with rising prices of oil and rice. Less than three weeks before the Labor...

Take preventative steps to minimize risk of wage claim lawsuits.
Byline: BUSINESS AND THE LAW By Andy Lewis For The Register-Guard While consumer class actions against manufacturers have been around for decades, a new type of class action lawsuit has quickly become popular among plaintiff's attorneys: The wage claim. In the typical class action wage...

Employer's guide to military leave compliance, 3d ed.
9781933807157 Employer's guide to military leave compliance, 3d ed. Silverberg, Dean L. and Tracey A. Cullen. Thompson Publishing Group, Inc. 2007 255 pages $219.00 Paperback KF3531 Silverberg and Cullen are with...

BI acts on crime rings in Cebu; Sends team to Mactan airport to probe report on escort services.
Byline: JUN RAMIREZ Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Marcelino C. Libanan yesterday dispatched a team to Cebu City to look into reports that crime syndicates are operating escort services at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA). Libanan's move is in response to a report from an...

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Legal adoption pushed The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has intensified its campaign on the importance of legal adoption and discouraged the practice of faking birth certificates by individuals who refuse to go through the legal process. DSWD Secretary Esperanza I. Cabral urged...

Leyte gov't pushes program promoting culture of tourism.
Byline: JACK C. GADAINGAN TACLOBAN CITY - The Leyte Tourism and Investment Promotions Center (LTIPC) has changed its strategy to promote the various tourism destinations in the province, it was reported. It was announced that in response to requests, the weekend tour program being promoted...

Proposed changes in disabilities act could cost employers.
Byline: The Register-Guard If you're like me, you get a sore back once in a while. Oh sure, you may be able to get around just fine, but if a bill currently before Congress passes, that sore back may qualify as a disability that your employer will...

Part of anti-red tape campaign 10 gov't assistance centers now open.
Ten National Economic Research and Business Assistance Centers (NERBACs) are now operational in 10 regions in the country in support of the anti-red tape program of the government. NERBAC was created by virtue of Republic Act 7470, to address the anti-red tape program of the present administration....