DOLE Job Fair Schedule for May 2013 Releases

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) announced recently the Job Fair Schedule for May 2013 as posted at the official job portal Phil-Job.net, both for employment locally and abroad.

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DOLE Pay Wage Rules for Holidays in 2013 released

Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz yesterday promulgated the implementing guidelines for Proclamation No. 459, Series of 2012, Declaring the Regular Holidays, Special (Non-Working) Days, and Special Holiday (For All Schools) For the Year 2013.

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DOLE - Filipino Workers on Temporary Kuwait Visas Are Maltreated, Unpaid

The Philippine Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has warned Fillipinos against using commercial visas to be able to work in Kuwait.

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30,000 Jobs Offered on Labor Day in Davao

THE Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) in Davao is optimistic to meet the 15 percent target for hired on the spot (Hots) job applicants during its job fair Tuesday.

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DOLE Identifies Computer Machinist as Mission-critical Skill

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has identified Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Machinist as a mission-critical skill (MCS).

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DOLE Eases Rules on Hiring of Pinoy Workers Abroad

Rules on the hiring of Filipino workers abroad may be eased, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said yesterday.

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DOLE Eases Rules on Hiring of Pinoy Workers Abroad

Rules on the hiring of Filipino workers abroad may be eased, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said yesterday.

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3,900 McDonald's Jobs Up For Grabs for SPES Beneficiaries

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will be joining hands with McDonald’s, one of the leading fast food chains in the country today, in shaping the next generation of the country’s labor force to becoming dynamic, assertive, passionate, and productive employees through the Special Program of Employment for Students (SPES), Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz announced yesterday.

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Manila Ban on OFW Deployment Has No Bite

Manila’s recent decision to block Filipinos from working in 41 countries it considers unsafe looks like a brave move for a country addicted to the regular remittances of its worldwide web of workers. But a closer look at the blacklist shows that most of the dangerous countries rarely receive overseas Filipino workers.

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PRC SCRAPS MASS OATH-TAKING FOR NURSES

MANILA, Philippines - No more lavish oath-taking ceremony for newly licensed nurses in the country.

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) has shelved the traditional mass oath-taking for those who passed the licensure examination for nurses.

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Jobs, Trainings in Bulacan Await Middle East Repatriates

Beleaguered overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who will be returning home from hostilities in the Middle East will be greeted with a financial aid from the Balik Pinay program and a list of job offers and trainings in Bulacan.

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OWWA Strengthens Fight Vs Human Trafficking

BY PHILIPPINE INFORMATION AGENCY - With 52,059 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) coming from the Bicol region who are now toiling abroad either to earn a living or simply fulfill a dream to set foot on a foreign land, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) is left with a gargantuan task to look after their welfare and ensure their dependents are protected.

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