Blog Posts on labor laws

Building a Strong Relationship between Employers and Employees by Thinking Made Easy on Oct 15, 2011Building a Strong Relationship between Employers and Employees In business, employment is a contract between the employer and the employee. The employee is a person in the service of another person under any contract or agreement of hire, whether it...

Pay rules for the August 29 and 30, 2011 regular holidays by Notes From The Philippines on Aug 22, 2011August 29 is National Heroes’ Day this year, while Eid al-Fitr falls on August 30. These are not fixed annual dates. National Heroes’ Day is observed every last Monday of August while the date for the Eid al-Fitr depends on the Islamic calendar.

Wage Increase for 2011 in the Philippines by Business Tips Philippines on May 5, 2011Is there enough wage or salary increase waiting for Filipino workers this year? The laborers and employees of the Philippines are expecting a wage hike for 2011. But would it be adequate to cover the increasing prices of commodities out there? The pr...

Labor Day in the Philippines: May 2 a Holiday? by Business Tips Philippines on Apr 30, 2011On May 1, which falls on Sunday this year, the Philippines will celebrate its 109th Labor Day.  And because most laborers love non-working holidays, the big question now is will the holiday for the Labor Day be moved to Monday? Well, for the year 20...

How to Compute Retirement Pay in the Philippines by Business Tips Philippines on Mar 29, 2011How to compute retirement pay in the Philippines? On January 7, 1993, Republic Act (R.A.) No. 7641, otherwise known as the New Retirement Law, took effect and amended Article 287 of the Labor Code of the Philippines (PD No. 442).  According to the n...

Solar News in the making? by Paolo Capino's blog on Mar 17, 2011RPN Newswatch may have to compete with a brand new News program with no other than the company that has already held majority of its programming for the past couple of years. Yes you heard it right, Solar News maybe in the offset, if the post by Sola...

RPN/Newswatch “Back to Normal” by Paolo Capino's blog on Mar 1, 2011Good news for the employees of RPN 9 especially those of the News Department. Newswatch will continue airing on the reformatted channel, now called ETC when it launches tomorrow. It seems that Solar Entertainment, RPN Management, and the employees ha...

Wait and see for RPN Employees by Paolo Capino's blog on Feb 25, 2011There is uncertainty on whether the long-time running news program, Newswatch, will return to RPN or if the network will maintain its name on-air for the next two weeks. The management told them earlier this week, after being left hanging, that no ma...

Newswatch/RPN to continue airing by Paolo Capino's blog on Feb 21, 2011Employees of RPN 9 heaved a collective sigh of relief today as management finally addressed their apprehensions on whether or not they will be employed by the end of the week. According to people inside the sequestered television network, the news ab...

RPN to sign off next week? by Paolo Capino's blog on Feb 18, 2011CLICK HERE <== FOR TIPID PC FORUM MEMBERS...