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Business groups urge veto of Security of Tenure bill

A broad coalition of business groups yesterday urged President Duterte to veto the Security of Tenure (SOT) bill and instead modernize labor regulations to suit the needs of labor-intensive industries.

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Ecozone firms seek incentives status quo

As the new Congress opens next week, economic zone industry groups, which employ 7.7 million direct and indirect workers, banded together to ask the new set of legislators to look for alternative fiscal strategies as they painted grim picture the current TRABAHO Bill may bring on jobs, foreign direct investments, and attractiveness of ease of doing business in the country.

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Best places to live, work: Philippines moves up to 24th

The Philippines has made it to the big leagues alongside the United States and China in terms of best places in the world to live and work.

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IBPAP pushes approval of pending ecozone applications in Metro Manila

The Information Technology and Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP) is pushing for the proclamation of pending ecozone applications in Metro Manila with the Office of the President (OP), warning of as much as 50,000 foregone potential new jobs from a shortage in ecozone space for information technology and business process management (IT-BPM) firms amid a moratorium on processing of ecozone applications in the country’s capital.


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PH constantly advancing workers' welfare: DOLE

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Friday reiterated that the government continues to implement programs aimed at advancing the rights of workers.

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Philippines’ competitiveness rebounds in 2019 — IMD

The Philippines’ competitiveness improved in 2019 on the back of rosy economic performance last year and higher labor force, according to a research group of Switzerland-based business school International Institute for Management Development.

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