Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to the Republic of the Philippines as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Philippines: New Bill proposing two days menstruation leave
Bill 6728 will apply to all women after six months service, unless they are pregnant, menopausal or have had their womb removed …
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Philippines: Unemployment rate in December 2022 is estimated at 4.3%
Slight rise in unemployment rate …
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Philippines: GDP growth accelerated to 7.6% in 2022
Economy grows the fastest in almost 50 years, but largely due to bounce back …
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Philippines: Changes to 2023 public holidays
This year, both All Souls Day on November 2nd and New Year’s eve on December 31st will return to the calendar as special public holidays – but only the first of these will fall on a weekday …
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Philippines: New rules apply to employers affected by adverse weather conditions
In Advisory 17, issued by the Department of Labour and Employment, employers are reminded that they are free to close operations in the event of stormy weather …
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Philippines: New deal for telecommuters
The Department of Labour and Employment has approved Order 237 which modifies the existing Telecommuting Law …
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Philippines: Parliamentary Bill filed to remove mandatory retirement at age 65
House Bill 3220 seeks to modify the Labour Code by dispensing with the blanket requirement to retire at 65 and replacing it with the option to choose to continue employment “provided that [the employee] qualifies under the bona fide occupational qualifications of his job …
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Philippines: GDP grows 8.3% in Q1 ahead of Marcos inauguration
Although the economy officially expanded by 8 …
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Philippines: PhilHealth to implement new contribution rate starting June 2022
After deferring a rise in contributions during 2021, PhilHealth has now lifted the monthly contribution rate from the 3% to 4%, starting June 2022 …
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Philippines: Duterte says vaccine refusers should be detained at home
State President Rodrigo Duterte (who retires next year) has announced that local officials should forcibly detain in their homes those who refuse COVID-19 vaccination …
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Philippines: Filipinos who came home during the pandemic go abroad again
In spite of a mandatory 10-day quarantine in government facilities, 640,000 overseas workers have returned home since the pandemic began …
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Philippines: WFH-related disabilities or deaths now compensable
The Employees’ Compensation Commission has decided through a Board Resolution that employees subject to injury, a work-related disease or fatality whilst working from home will now be covered under its insurance programmes …
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Philippines: DOLE issues ventilation rules for the workplaces, PUVs
The labour department has recently issued new guidelines on the proper ventilation of workplaces (Department Order 224-21) …
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Philippines: House OKs bill updating passport law on third reading
An amendment to the Passport Act is allowing the introduction of a new tamper-proof passport and simplifying passport application procedures …
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Philippines: CREATE now awaits Duterte’s signature
Congress has now approved the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) law …
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