Malacañang on Monday, August 14, condemned the ISIS-linked Maute group's plan to use hostages as “human bombs” to attack government forces in war-torn Marawi.
The Alliance of Concerned Teachers on Monday called on government to ensure funding for the implementation of the International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention 151, a treaty that aims to protect government workers.
Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said the labor department is coming up with an administrative order to direct all business establishment to grant rest periods for salesgirls including male employees.
?While the government is yet to serve formal notice terminating the peace negotiation, Church leaders and peace advocates ?hope ?that ?this would also give them space for continuing the talks.
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has only 574 labor law enforcers to do inspections and evaluation to about 937,000 business establishments all over the country.