DOLE Guidelines 5.1.1

BOOK THREE
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

HEALTH, SAFETY AND SOCIAL WELFARE BENEFITS

Title I MEDICAL, DENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY

DOLE Guidelines 4.4.0

BOOK THREE
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

DOLE Guidelines 4.3.0

BOOK THREE
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

HEALTH, SAFETY AND SOCIAL WELFARE BENEFITS

DOLE Guidelines 4.2.9

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CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

DOLE Guidelines 4.2.8

BOOK THREE
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

DOLE Guidelines 4.2.7

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CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

DOLE Guidelines 4.2.6

BOOK THREE
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

DOLE Guidelines 4.2.5

BOOK THREE

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

HEALTH, SAFETY AND SOCIAL WELFARE BENEFITS

DOLE Guidelines 4.2.4

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CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

DOLE Guidelines 4.2.3

BOOK THREE
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

HEALTH, SAFETY AND SOCIAL WELFARE BENEFITS

DOLE Guidelines 4.2.2

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CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

HEALTH, SAFETY AND SOCIAL WELFARE BENEFITS

DOLE Guidelines 4.2.1

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CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

HEALTH, SAFETY AND SOCIAL WELFARE BENEFITS

Title II
EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION AND STATE INSURANCE FUND

Chapter I
POLICY AND DEFINITIONS

Art. 166. Policy.
The State shall promote and develop a tax-exempt employees' compensation program whereby employees and their dependents, in the event of work-connected disability or death, may promptly secure adequate income benefit and medical related benefits.

DOLE Guidelines 4.1.2

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CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

HEALTH, SAFETY AND SOCIAL WELFARE BENEFITS

Title I
MEDICAL, DENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY

Chapter II
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

Art. 162. Safety and health standards.
The Secretary of Labor and Employment shall, by appropriate orders, set and enforce mandatory occupational safety and health standards to eliminate or reduce occupational safety and health hazards in all workplaces and institute new, and update existing, programs to ensure safe and healthful working conditions in all places of employment.

DOLE Guidelines 4.1.1

BOOK THREE
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

HEALTH, SAFETY AND SOCIAL WELFARE BENEFITS

Title I
MEDICAL, DENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY

Chapter I
MEDICAL AND DENTAL SERVICES

Art. 156. First-aid treatment.
Every employer shall keep in his establishment such first-aid medicines and equipment as the nature and conditions of work may require, in accordance with such regulations as the Department of Labor and Employment shall prescribe. The employer shall take steps for the training of a sufficient number of employees in first-aid treatment.

DOLE Guidelines 3.4

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CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Title III
WORKING CONDITIONS FOR SPECIAL GROUPS OF EMPLOYEES

Chapter IV
EMPLOYMENT OF HOMEWORKERS

Art. 153. Regulation of industrial homeworkers.
The employment of industrial homeworkers and field personnel shall be regulated by the government through the appropriate regulations issued by the Secretary of Labor and Employment to ensure the general welfare and protection of homeworkers and field personnel and the industries employing them.

DOLE Guidelines 3.3

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CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Title III
WORKING CONDITIONS FOR SPECIAL GROUPS OF EMPLOYEES

Chapter III
EMPLOYMENT OF HOUSEHELPERS

Art. 141. Coverage.
This Chapter shall apply to all persons rendering services in households for compensation.

DOLE Guidelines 3.2

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CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Title III
WORKING CONDITIONS FOR SPECIAL GROUPS OF EMPLOYEES

Chapter II
EMPLOYMENT OF MINORS

Art. 139. Minimum employable age.
No child below fifteen (15) years of age shall be employed, except when he works directly under the sole responsibility of his parents or guardian, and his employment does not in any way interfere with his schooling.

DOLE Guidelines 3.1

BOOK THREE
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Title III
WORKING CONDITIONS FOR SPECIAL GROUPS OF EMPLOYEES

Chapter I
EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN

Art. 130. Nightwork prohibition.
No woman, regardless of age, shall be employed or permitted or suffered to work, with or without compensation:

DOLE Guidelines 2.6

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CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Title II
WAGES

Chapter VI
ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT

Art. 128. Visitorial and enforcement power.
The Secretary of Labor and Employment or his duly authorized representatives, including labor regulation officers, shall have access to employer's records and premises at any time of the day or night whenever work is being undertaken therein, and the right to copy therefrom, to question any employee and investigate any fact, condition or matter which may be necessary to determine violations or which may aid in the enforcement of this Code and of any labor law, wage order or rules and regulations issued pursuant thereto.

DOLE Guidelines 2.5

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CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Title II
WAGES

DOLE Guidelines 2.4

BOOK THREE
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Title II WAGES

DOLE Guidelines 2.3

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CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

DOLE Guidelines 2.2

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DOLE Guideline 2.1

BOOK THREE
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Title II
WAGES

Chapter I
PRELIMINARY MATTERS

Art. 97. Definitions. As used in this Title:
a. "Person" means an individual, partnership, association, corporation, business trust, legal representatives, or any organized group of persons.

DOLE Guidelines 1.3

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CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Title I
WORKING CONDITIONS AND REST PERIODS

Chapter III
HOLIDAYS, SERVICE INCENTIVE LEAVES AND SERVICE CHARGES

Art. 94. Right to holiday pay.
a. Every worker shall be paid his regular daily wage during regular holidays, except in retail and service establishments regularly employing less than ten (10) workers;

Dole Guidelines 1.2

BOOK THREE
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Title I
WORKING CONDITIONS AND REST PERIODS

Chapter II
WEEKLY REST PERIODS

Art. 91. Right to weekly rest day.

1. It shall be the duty of every employer, whether operating for profit or not, to provide each of his employees a rest period of not less than twenty-four (24) consecutive hours after every six (6) consecutive normal work days.

DOLE Guidelines 1.1

BOOK THREE
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Title I
WORKING CONDITIONS AND REST PERIODS

Chapter I
HOURS OF WORK

Art. 82. Coverage.
The provisions of this Title shall apply to employees in all establishments and undertakings whether for profit or not, but not to government employees, managerial employees, field personnel, members of the family of the employer who are dependent on him for support, domestic helpers, persons in the personal service of another, and workers who are paid by results as determined by the Secretary of Labor in appropriate regulations.

Opportunity Loss

Akeelah-Dre, a medical transcription company called for a meeting comprising the top management, middle management and production management concerning its plan to invest for additional computer for their newly hired transcriptionists. The computer units will cost $500,000 however, there are still other financial struggles the company is facing which also need an immediate financial action or else the chance of getting a high percentage of bankruptcy will be more awful.

Characteristics of an Entrepreneur: Perseverance

In the world market, as far as competition is concerned, one of the most important characteristics an entrepreneur has is perseverance. There will be no successful entrepreneurs nowadays, not even a single one if it were not of the word that puts an individual or ordinary person into action to become an entrepreneur which is perseverance.

Reaction Paper on World Bank Current Issues on Philippines

What does World Bank do for a country like the Philippines? World Bank is one of the institutions that helps 3rd world countries for progression. They finance infrastructures like road building and supporting feasibility studies to help the economy grow. Well this is so far as what I understood of reading the content about World Bank. So far it had done good in financing such good causes but sadly enough, these good causes turns out to be “gawd causes” it’s a mockery that the Philippines though being helped with such institution continues to corrupt the approved budget set for our country. Sigh, it’ll never end.

Call Center Agents and Their Implications

Call center agents are considered as the front liners in the call center industry. They are also the shock absorbers and undeniably, different level of stress will be one of the risks these agents may get out this kind of well paying job.

Their way of life is not that easy as others may think of for there is a lot of factors to consider just for an agent to go through this kind of work. Others who do not know the life of a call center agent may think that it is so easy as may seem for they are just there to sit back and relax in an air-conditioned work place take and make calls, but they are not fully aware what kind of environment and work style they are into and what are the risks it may imply to their health in the work place and to the community and their ability to handle time management and etc.

Most of these outsourcers are coming from outside the country and others are those who originally own the dollars. Though the nature of the work is very challenging, demanding and not that easy, compensation of these call centers for its agents is really that convincing and encouraging for an individual who is looking for a good start for his / her own career.

In the Philippines, call centers both inbound and outbound are now in and doting Luzon, Visayas and not so in Mindanao, but the fact is, it is one of the avenues particularly for the new college graduates most especially for those who have the communication skills who are still looking for a firm where they can apply their knowledge they learned from the schools where they graduated. In short, the call center, may it be inbound or outbound, is one of the stepping stones and training grounds for everyone who desires to earn to a living.

Aside from the fact that call centers are really compensating well, and that agents are really enjoying what they’re doing because of what they’re earning, not all agents know beforehand the nature of their job and its impending risks to their life most especially their health. Hence, the need of a study about their work habits and their implications is much more concerned after all for both the agents and the community.


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Business as it is!

In the world of labor market, it is imperative that a college student must graduate with a very pleasing grade that would be competitive enough to keep up with other applicants or rise from among the latter and please your employees when it comes to finding the right job for a specific field, or else, you will end up regreting why you graduated college from that school.

Well, let it be known unto all of you that it is not the school where you graduated that matters, rather it is how you performed in the course of your college days. Interestingly, it doesn't mean you're mediocre if you were not able to earn your degree from a university that is known to be as "famous", what makes you mediocre is when you were able to earn your degree from that so called famous university and yet you still suced as if you did not learn something and someone might just be casting pearls before swine and do not walk what your school talk.


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