Utmost liberality
August 26, 2008
The injury or death of an employee is compensable if it is sustained (1) while performing his official functions (2) at the place where his work requires him to be or if sustained elsewhere (3) he must have been executing an order of his employer. These requirements are illustrated in this case of Bert. Read more
TUCP scores DFA over proposed psychiatric test for domestic helpers
August 24, 2008
The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) said yesterday a proposal by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to subject outbound domestic helpers to a psychiatric test is “downright ridiculous.” Read more
Kids as human shields in Gaisano strike?
August 23, 2008
GOVERNMENT agencies have been asked to look into reports that workers of Gaisano Capital South in downtown Cebu City were using children as shields during a strike protesting the department store’s allegedly unfair labor practices. Read more
TUCP: Probe Hanjin accidents
August 21, 2008
from The Manila Times
The Senate and House committees on labor and employment should investigate “the unusually high incidence of accidental deaths” of building workers at the $1.6-billion shipyard project of Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction-Philippines Inc. in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone, a labor group official said Wednesday. Read more
Implementation of Lateral Attrition Law weak – study
August 19, 2008
The imposition of sanctions on officials of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC) who failed to meet their revenue targets have been slow. Read more
TUCP rejects proposal to restrict deployment of medical workers abroad
August 18, 2008
by Mayen Jaymalin
from The Philippine Star
The country’s largest labor group yesterday rejected a proposed measure restricting the deployment of Filipino doctors and other medical workers abroad.
Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) said the proposed bill requiring Filipino professionals to render compulsory service prior to working overseas is highly discriminatory. Read more
TUCP rejects proposal to restrict deployment of medical workers abroad
August 18, 2008
by Mayen Jaymalin
from The Philippine Star
The country’s largest labor group yesterday rejected a proposed measure restricting the deployment of Filipino doctors and other medical workers abroad. Read more
Broken promise
August 14, 2008
Under Article 291 of the Labor Code, all money claims arising from employer-employee relationship like recovery of unpaid wages, separation pay and 13th month pay must be filed within three years from the time the cause of action accrued, otherwise they shall forever be barred. This case of Alma and her late husband Jim is an exception. Read more
TUCP condemns Cebu City Mayor for breaking up picket line
August 13, 2008
The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) today condemned in the highest possible terms the Mayor of Cebu City for what the labor center called as an “assault on workers and basic human rights”.
The TUCP disclosed that Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña, accompanied by a phalanx of bodyguards, forcibly broke up the picket line of striking workers of the Gaisano Mall South in Cebu City. Read more
TUCP bucks sale of government stake in Petron
August 12, 2008
from The Philippine Star
The country’s largest labor group has expressed strong opposition to the planned sale of the government’s 40-percent stake in Petron Corp. Read more
