ILO Country Office for the Philippines (CO-Manila)

What's new

1. Training on international labour standards, freedom of association and collective bargaining in the Philippines

   22-23  April 2013, Quezon City, Philippines;  7-8 May 2013, Bohol, Philippines,  4-5 June 2013, Butuan, Philippines; and 18-19 June, Baguio City, Philippines

   With the continuing collaborative efforts of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) to implement the technical cooperation programme resulting from the ILO High Level Mission to the Philippines, DOLE officials and personnel will attend and participate in this area-wide training to be conducted in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

2. News item

   Island-wide consultations on the Batas Kasambahay (Domestic Workers Law)

   18 April 2013, Manila, Philippines

   Public consultations on the rules and regulations of the Batas Kasambahay (Domestic Workers Law) were held nationwide. According to the Department of Labor and Employment, the law fulfills the Philippine obligation to enact a national legislation in compliance with ILO Convention 189 Concerning Decent Work for Domestic Workers.

3. Improving financial institutions’ microinsurance offering training

   11-12 April 2013, Makati City, Philippines

   The ILO will run a pilot course aimed at helping microinsurance service providers to identify ways to improve their products and delivery services to low income households.

4. Focus group discussion on the Comparative study on competency and equivalency standards between Philippines and selected destination countries

   14-15 March, Manila, Philippines

   From 14-19 March 2013, the CGFNS International team will be in the Philippines to conduct interviews and focus group discussions to highlight rich professional context and important qualitative observations to support the interpretation of findings. Partners from government, embassies, academe, health professional organizations and schools will participate in the discussion.

5. A Forum on Peace in the Context of Indigenous Peoples Participation and Consultation/Advancing the Promotion of the ILO Convention Indigneous and Tribal Peoples (No. 169)

   7-8 February 2013, Quezon City, Philippines

   The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), in cooperation with the ILO, will conduct a Second Round Table Discussion on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to discuss Indigneous Peoples Participation in the Mindanao Peace Process and the way forward in the ratification of ILO Convention No. 169. This will also be the ocassion to launch the book entitled "A Comparative Study of the IPRA, ILO Convention No. 169 and UNDRIP."

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   Training sessions for police officers on workers' rights and for government officials on international labour standards

   1 February 2013

   Police and government officials were trained on workers’ rights and international labour standards in relation to handling disputes and adopting a more human rights approach.

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   Feature article

   Strengthening local employment services to promote youth employment: A case study

   28 January 2013

   Local employment services facilitate local labour market transactions including matching jobseekers with enterprises seeking workers. These services are usually carried out by the government through a network of Public Employment Service Offices (PESOs) whose functions include job matching, providing labour market information (LMI), and guidance services.

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   Feature article

   Alternatives to work migration promoting employment opportunities for youth in their home provinces

   28 January 2013

   Shortly after graduating from the Los Arcos National High School in Agusan del Sur in 2009, Junrey Juanich made a decision to try his luck and apply for work in the big city. He chose Manila for this purpose because he has relatives in the city with whom he could stay while looking for work. After a few futile searches, he was able to find a job as a helper in a glass company and was employed there for the next seven months.

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   Disaster response in the Philippines

   Rebuilding a better future in the wake of Typhoon Bopha

   25 January 2013, Davao Oriental, Philippines

   Almost two months after Typhoon Bopha slammed the Philippines, survivors are still struggling to rebuild their lives. The ILO is helping give communities new livelihood prospects, but renewed flooding has affected aid efforts.

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    Video news release

    Rebuilding after Typhoon Bopha

    25 January 2013, Davao Oriental, Philippines

    When Typhoon Bopha blew through the southern Philippines, its winds blew away the livelihoods of thousands of families who farmed the thick coconut groves around their homes. While it will take nearly a decade before the trees can be harvested again, the ILO is bringing immediate emergency employment to the victims of the storm.

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    Press release

    Global unemployment rising again but with significant differences across regions

    22 January 2013

    Five years after the outbreak of the global financial crisis, labour markets remain deeply depressed. Unemployment has started to rise again as the economic outlook worsens.

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    Global Employment Trends 2013

    Rise of middle-class jobs in the developing world could spur growth

    21 January 2013

    390 million additional “middle class” workers projected by 2017, but 1.5 billion workers remain either poor or near poor.

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    National child labor committee adopts good practices criteria to end child labour

    18 January 2013

    The National Child Labor Committee unanimously voted to adopt good practices criteria in programmes to eliminate and prevent child labour in the Philippines.

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    Press release

    Asia leads world in domestic worker numbers but legal protection, working conditions lag

    9 January 2013, Manila, Philippines

    More than 21 million people across Asia and the Pacific – 80 per cent of them women – are employed as domestic workers, according to a new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO).

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    Joint statement

    Joint statement by Mr Haruhiko Kuroda, President, Asian Development Bank, and Mr Guy Ryder, Director-General, International Labour Organization

    17 December 2012, Manila, Philippines

    Joint statement by the ADB and the ILO on promoting decent work in developing Asia and the Pacific to reduce poverty and vulnerability; supporting a more inclusive, equitable and prosperous Asia-Pacific region; promoting greater access to opportunities; and reaffirming support for internationally-recognized core labour standards.

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    Press release

    ILO Director-General arrives in the Philippines, extends sympathies to typhoon survivors

    16 December 2012, Manila, Philippines

    The Director-General of the International Labour Organization, Mr Guy Ryder, arrives today in Manila for a two-day visit and extends his sympathies to those who lost their loved-ones a year ago in Washi (Sendong) and more recently by Typhoon Bopha (Pablo).

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    Press release

    ILO Director-General visits the Philippines

    14 December 2012, Manila, Philippines

    The Director-General of the International Labour Organization, Mr Guy Ryder, will visit the Philippines from Sunday, 16 December to Monday, 17 December. This will be Mr Ryder’s first visit to the Philippines since he was elected as the 10th ILO Director-General on 1 October 2012. The last visit of an ILO Director-General to the Philippines was in February 1995.

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    Livelihood cluster responds to onslaught of Typhoon Pablo
    

    13 December 2012, Manila, Philippines

    The onslaught of Typhoon Pablo (Bopha) in the provinces of Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental affected the livelihoods of thousands of farmers and their families. Agriculture and agricultural industries, service sectors and infrastructure are among the critical areas for livelihood recovery.