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The Institute for Labor Studies successfully held the first of its Luna Lecture Series with guest speaker Dr. Anil Verma of University of Toronto last Oct. 20, 2017 at U.P. School of Labor and Industrial Relations (SOLAIR), Diliman, Quezon City.
Dr. Verma, professor at the Rotman School of Management and at the Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources, both of University of Toronto, discussed the topic “Smart labor policy reforms—lessons and emerging trends.”
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Manila – Institute for Labor Studies OIC-Executive Director Ahmma Charisma Lobrin-Satumba was one of the resource speakers during the 12th Executive Labor Updates session held last October 5 at the ECOP Boardroom, Employees Compensation Commission Bldg. in Makati City.
The event sponsored by the Employers Confederation of the Philippines focused on the topic, “Compressed Work Week and Other Alternative Working Arrangements: Productive or Disruptive?”
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The ILS Design Thinking Olympics is now in full swing and has engaged six regional offices of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
The six participating DOLE regional offices are the National Capital Region, and Regions III, IV-A, VI, VII, and XI.
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The Institute for Labor Studies (ILS), through its Workers Welfare Division, is set to conduct a national sectoral consultation on its research, “Gap Analysis of Key OSH Conventions”. The consultation will be held on 03 October 2017, at The Bayleaf Hotel, Intramuros, Manila.
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The Institute for Labor Studies has released its report on the results of the July 2017 LFS round, which indicated some decent work gains, particularly in terms of generating quality employment.
The report discusses employment gains in public administration, construction, manufacturing, and IT-BPM related sectors. It also shows that while employment contracted by 1.9% year-on-year (from 40.954 million in July 2016 to 40.170 million in July 2017), underemployment rate notably eased to 16.3% from 17.4% over the same period.