Most employees are looking for the same basic things at work: growth opportunities, personal empowerment, and the elusive work-life balance. It may be a bit much to expect to have fun while at work, as we tend to compartmentalize the two from each other. But there are workplaces out there that exceed the expectations of […]
THE impact on the Philippines of the impending global economic slowdown can be mitigated by developing more economic zones (ecozones), the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) said. PEZA Officer-in-Charge (OIC) Tereso O. Panga said more ecozones are in store with the release recently of the Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2023-2028 by the National Economic […]
The first order of the day is to look at the New Year as a time to change. January is when it is easiest to start a new habit, a new goal or even a new lifestyle. But more than just our personal decisions to change a habit, it is also a good time for […]
AROUND 3,000 contractual employees working at the Cebu City Hall underwent a competency examination on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022, as part of their contract renewal and hiring for next year. In a statement posted on the Facebook page of the Cebu City Public Information Office, the 3,000 City Hall employees underwent an examination at a […]
DELFINGEN, a family company and a global automotive supplier, celebrates its long-standing presence in the country and continuously works to go over and beyond its function as an automotive distributor on a global scale. Delfingen’s corporate foundation was created in 2007 with the mission to carry out the company’s actions in the territories where it […]
A SENATOR has filed a bill that will grant 13th month pay to all government employees, including those under the contract-of-service scheme or job order arrangement. “Their work is as heavy as the work of the regulars,” Senator Ramon B. Revilla, Jr., who chairs the Senate Committee on Civil Service, Government Reorganization and Professional Regulation, […]
WHILE employees believe that robots should be more widely used across different industries most employees fear robot hacking. This is according to the recent study of cybersecurity firm Kaspersky where “79 percent of employees believe that robots should be more widely used across different industries, however, 85 percent of them fear robot hacking.” Nowadays, robotics […]
ALL regular and job order (JO) employees of the Talisay City Government will have wider smiles this coming Christmas. This after Talisay City Budget officer Edgar Mabunay announced that the City will release the Christmas bonuses for all their employees before Dec. 25, 2022. Mabunay said each of the 380 regular employees at City Hall […]
MEXICO CITY — Tech giant Uber and delivery apps DiDi and Rappi have proposed offering social security benefits to workers in Mexico for the first time ahead of a new government bill set to regulate the gig economy. The companies said in a statement on Wednesday, co-signed by worker-rights activist groups, they were open to […]
Hundreds of Twitter employees are estimated to be leaving the beleaguered social media company following an ultimatum from new owner Elon Musk that staffers sign up for “long hours at high intensity,” or leave. In a poll on the workplace app Blind, which verifies employees through their work email addresses and allows them to share […]
Twitter Inc.’s new owner Elon Musk on Thursday raised the possibility of the social media platform going bankrupt, capping a chaotic day that included a warning from a US privacy regulator and the exit of the company’s trust and safety leader. The billionaire on his first mass call with employees said that he could not […]
Something is not right with a local government unit (LGU) when non-regular employees outnumber the regular employees, or individuals who have civil service eligibility and security of tenure. One such LGU is the Cebu City Government, which had 3,433 casual employees, 200 coterminous employees, 45 contractual workers and 2,263 job order employees as of Sept. […]
Fear and dread spread across Twitter Inc. offices on Thursday as 7,500 employees from San Francisco to Singapore feared for job cuts that were planned to hit about half of the staff, according to current and former employees and message board posts shared with Reuters. Since billionaire Elon Musk took over last week, he has […]
IPOH, Malaysia, Oct 25, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Yew Lee Pacific Group Berhad (Bursa: YEWLEE, 0248), an established manufacturer principally involved in the manufacturing of industrial brushes as well as trading of industrial hardware and machinery parts, today proposed to undertake a bonus issue of warrants and the establishment of an employees’ […]
EMPLOYEES of the Municipality of Consolacion will now be monitored at work.Mayor Theresa “Neneng” Alegado made this announcement after she received several complaints of employees from different departments who do not treat the public accordingly.“So you have a big problem and you seek assistance but no one will entertain you because it’s not office hours. […]
Uber Technologies Inc. said on Thursday it is responding to a cybersecurity incident, after a media report that its network was breached with the ride-hailing company taking several internal communications and engineering systems offline. A hacker compromised an employee’s workplace messaging Slack app and then used it to send a message to Uber employees announcing […]
AN OFFICIAL of the Cebu City Health Department (CHD) admitted that the lengthy processing between the City and the national government has contributed to the delay in the release of salaries and allowances of healthcare workers.But Dr. Jeffrey Ibones, CHD head, assured that the release of salaries and allowances of their employees will be expedited.Ibones […]
Rights group Karapatan criticized Sen. Francis Tolentino for his remarks made on Aug. 31, 2022 at the Senate. The lawmaker proposed measures requiring government employees to disclose information on their relatives who may have connections with so-called terrorist organizations.“What Sen. Tolentino is suggesting is a crackdown on officials and employees in the public sector and […]
NEW employees have learned first aid and life support at work, while existing first aid responders have updated their skills to save lives at the workplace in various facilities and sections at Taiheiyo Cement Philippines Inc. (TCPI) in Cebu.The Environment and Safety Division (ESD) organized the training as part of the company’s Occupational First Aid […]
Globe, the country’s digital solutions provider, leveraged its strength in technology to keep its 8,000 employees safe, connected, and engaged during the pandemic. With this, Globe took home the first-ever United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (UN SDG) Awards under the People Category hosted by the UN Global Compact Network Philippines (UNGCP). The Awards, which recognize […]