Cognitive jobs that require data interpretation, analysis, and creative thinking — characteristics that are prevalent among higher educated and more skilled workers — can be done from home, said an Asian Development Bank economist. “What we see globally is that enterprises and workers in information-related occupations are shifting towards hybrid and even remote work arrangements,” Sameer […]
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Does Beyoncé’s new summer song channel the ‘Great Resignation’?
LONDON — American pop star Beyoncé Knowles-Carter has surprised fans with an early release of her single “Break My Soul” from upcoming album Renaissance, setting social media ablaze with song lyrics that some say tap into rising worker anger at conditions. “I’m gonna find new drive / damn, they work me so damn hard / […]
Hexagon and Fujitsu Announce Strategic Partnership to Solve Societal Challenges for ‘Trusted Society’
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. and Tokyo, Jun 22, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Hexagon’s Safety, Infrastructure & Geospatial division and Fujitsu Limited will partner to accelerate the development and promotion of use cases to solve societal challenges and contribute to the realization of the ‘Trusted Society’ — a sustainable, resilient place where people can live […]
Filipinos value honesty in the workplace the most — study
Honesty is highly valued by Filipino workers according to 78% of respondents in a May 2022 study by Milieu Insight, a Singapore-based market research firm, that surveyed employees in Southeast Asia on the importance of values at work. This was true across age groups (75% among professionals who are 25–34 years old; 82% for those over […]
NEC collaborates with DOCOMO and NTT on 6G experimental trials
TOKYO, Jun 6, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) today announced that it has agreed to collaborate with NTT DOCOMO, INC. (DOCOMO) and NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION (NTT) on 6th generation mobile communication system (6G) experimental trials. 6G will require dramatic advances in communications technology to achieve 10 to […]
Cisco study finds 92% in Philippines prefer hybrid work arrangements
TECHNOLOGY company Cisco Systems, Inc. said its research has indicated a 92% preference for hybrid work in the Philippines, saying that technology has established itself as an enabler of alternative work configurations, though it called for such arrangements to be supported by “end-to-end security.” “Ninety-two percent of Filipino respondents are happier working from anywhere,” Cisco […]
BIR to inspect ecozone BPOs’ compliance with on-site work rules
THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) said it formed a task force to inspect compliance with the government’s order to resume on-site work for economic zone locators in the Information Technology-Business Process Management (IT-BPM) industry. In a statement on Wednesday, BIR Deputy Commissioner Arnel SD. Guballa said that mission orders have been issued authorizing inspections […]
ICT-BPM summit to tackle work-from-home issue, hopes new admin to adopt hybrid model permanently
THE work-from-home (WFH) scheme currently being implemented in the business process management (BPM) space will take center stage in one of the discussions during this year’s information and communications technology (ICT)-BPM Summit happening in June.Joslyn Canon, vice chairperson of the Cebu Business Month 2022, admitted that the mandatory return to work order after April 1, […]
Three-way cooperation key to safety at work during pandemic — ILO
WORK SAFETY during the pandemic will require effective collaboration among the government, employers, and labor, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said. “As the world continues to grapple with the impact of the COVID-19 crisis and the uneven recovery, occupational safety and health remains at the forefront of countries’ responses,” ILO Director-General Guy Ryder said in […]
US daycare workers quitting due to low pay and lack of benefits
LOW PAY, demanding work and a lack of benefits have driven child-care workers out of the industry for good during the pandemic — creating ripple effects on the rest of the US economy. Employment in daycare services remains more than 10% below pre-COVID levels, compared with just 1% for the labor market at large. LinkedIn data […]
UREEQA Strikes Partnership with Venusverse
ONTARIO, CA, Apr 13, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – UREEQA, a leading digital validation company that helps creators protect, manage and monetize creative work, has announced a progressive new partnership with fellow Canadian digital start-up Venusverse. UREEQA is on a mission to modernize intellectual property standards, particularly when it comes to the digital […]
Classes, work in Danao City suspended due to Typhoon Agaton
THE Danao City Government has suspended the work and classes on Monday, April 11, 2022 due to Tropical Storm Agaton.The city government announced this through its Facebook page on Sunday evening after it was hoisted under Tropical Cyclone Warming Signal No. 1, along with other areas in Cebu including Compostela, Liloan, Camotes Islands, Carmen, Catmon, […]
Turning the spotlight backstage
1 of 2 SCENES from the documentary Backstage Pass: Life Behind the Curtains. — FACEBOOK.COM/CULTURALCENTEROFTHEPHILIPPINES/ SCENES from the documentary Backstage Pass: Life Behind the Curtains. — FACEBOOK.COM/CULTURALCENTEROFTHEPHILIPPINES/ PERFORMANCES scheduled to be held at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) from March 16, 2020 to Oct. 2021 had to be postponed, canceled, or rescheduled because […]
HSM Advisory and Fujitsu Highlight Paradigm Shift in the Ways we Work in Global Research on Hybrid Work
TOKYO, Mar 22, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – HSM Advisory and Fujitsu Limited have published a joint research report on the current state and future of hybrid work, which sits at the convergence of the digital and real-world. The report introduces Fujitsu and HSM Advisory’s Sustainable High Performance Model that highlights key success […]
Hybrid work seen as instrumental during reopening of economy
HYBRID WORK arrangements will give employees the flexibility to adjust to changing office expectations as quarantine settings ease to Alert Level 1 this month, JobStreet Philippines said. JobStreet Philippines Country Manager Philip A. Gioca said in a virtual briefing this week that his company, a site for job postings, supports flexible work arrangements. “We advocate […]
IT-BPO group wants more support from next administration
THE next administration should provide additional support and address issues to sustain the growth of the local information technology and business process outsourcing (IT-BPO) industry, according to the IT and Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP). IBPAP President Jack Madrid said the next administration should further strengthen the digital infrastructure of the Philippines to […]
The CEO of BruntWork is Riding the Remote Work Wave
NEW YORK, NY, Feb 4, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Staff in fast-growing regions of the world such as the Philippines and in South America are earning more working from home for international companies than they could ever earn on-shore. And the rules for work have changed for good. At the dawn of […]
SAVAGE to launch the world’s first carbon neutral Photography & Video NFT Marketplace
New York, NY, January 18, 2022- (SEAPRWire) – The SAVAGE marketplace launches in January, after an IDO on FantomStarter and Occam (Jan 17th-19th), and the $SAVG token goes live on Gate.io on January 20th, 2022 (12:00 UTC). The increasing popularity of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) has liberated artists and content creators by removing the necessity of using bloated […]
Rural banks to work with gov’t to help MSMEs, farmers
THE agriculture sector, which is among the industries that rural banks mostly cater to, was badly hit by Typhoon Odette last month. — PHILIPPINE STAR/ KRIZ JOHN ROSALES RURAL BANKS will work with the government to support small businesses and the agriculture sector amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis and the impact of Typhoon Odette, an […]
Human-centered approach to work
(Last of a series) Let me end this series of articles on the “Human-Centered Approach to Work” by reflecting on the content of a recently published book by Jamie Merisotis, president and CEO of Lumina Foundation, entitled Human Work in the Age of Smart Machines. He wrote that in this time of upheaval and social […]