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PIDS: Women with school-age children faced higher job losses during pandemic

Women with school-age children experienced higher rates of employment loss during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent report from the Philippine Institute for...

Labor’s summary

RATHER disquieting a scenario. Six months back, the country’s labor market was described as robust, with the lowest unemployment rate recorded in nearly two decades:...

More jobs available in April compared to last year — PSA

The number of Filipinos without jobs decreased by five percent in April compared to the 4.5 percent recorded in the same month last year,...

PH unemployment rate edges up to 3.9% in March 2024, PSA reveals

The latest figures from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) paint a mixed picture for the country's labor market in March 2024. While the unemployment rate...

Unemployment goes down amid upbeat business climate under PBBM – solon

More job opportunities are being created for Filipino workers amid an upbeat business climate as a result of the Marcos administration’s “sound policies” to...

Unemployment rises to 4.5% in Jan.

The Philippines’ unemployment rate climbed to 4.5 percent in January 2024 from a record low of 3.1 percent in December 2023, the Philippine Statistics...

Lawmaker: 95.8% employment rate under Marcos admin highest in 18 years

The Philippines’ employment rate soared to 95.8-percent under the Marcos administration which was seen to be the highest in 18 years, a lawmaker highlighted...

Marcos signs ‘Trabaho’ Act into law to craft job generation masterplan

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday signed into law Republic Act No. 11962 or the “Trabaho Para sa Bayan Act” into law to address...

Solon pins high hopes on salt industry revival

A says revival of the country’s salt industry will contribute to efforts to ease the country’s rising unemployment problem. “The passage of the Philippine Salt...

Job creation

The good news is that both unemployment and underemployment rates are going down. That’s the latest from the labor force survey conducted by the Philippine...

Philippines’ unemployment rate fell to 4.3% in May 2023

Unemployment rate in the Philippines fell to 4.3 percent in May 2023, its second lowest since April 2005, the Philippine Statistics Authority said Friday. Data...

China’s youth face bleak job market amid unemployment

BEIJING, China—Rather than celebrating finishing university, this summer Chinese graduates shared photos of themselves theatrically throwing their degrees into bins, underscoring the bleak outlook...

Most Filipinos can’t find jobs—SWS

Survey says most Filipino workers find it hard to land a job nowadays. The Social Weather Station (SWS) survey during the first quarter of the...

Senators warn of worsening unemployment, skills problem

Senators have expressed grave concerns over the likelihood of the country’s unemployment and underemployment problems getting worse as new graduates lacked the so-called “soft...
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