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Joe Caranto
Ian Galicia
Ghint Pernes
Rev Ramos
Justin Sy
PHILIPPINE LABOR MARKET
This study analyzes labor market performance in the
Philippines from the perspective of workers’ welfare. It argues
that pervasive in-work poverty is the main challenge facing
labor policy. Poverty is primarily due to low earning capacity
of the poor and to their limited access to regular and
productive jobs. Behind these are the two interrelated root
causes of in-work poverty - low education of the poor, and
the scarcity of productive job opportunities. The labor market
is segmented into good and bad jobs, with the poor working
in the latter. They hold jobs that are informal, temporary or
casual, and low-paid.
LABOR FORCE
The labor force is the number of people who
are employed plus the unemployed who are looking
for work. The labor pool does not include the jobless
who aren't looking for work. For example, stay-at-home
moms, retirees, and students are not part of the labor
force. Discouraged workers who would like a job but
have given up looking are not in the labor force either.
To be considered part of the labor force, you must be
available, willing to work, and have looked for a job
recently.
EMPLOYMENT
Employment is a relationship between two parties,
usually based on a contract where work is paid for,
where one party, which may be a corporation, for
profit, not-for-profit organization, co-operative or
other entity is the employer and the other is the
employee.
UNEMPLOYMENT
Unemployment occurs when a person who is actively
searching for employment is unable to find work.
Unemployment is often used as a measure of the
health of the economy. The most frequent measure of
unemployment is the unemployment rate, which is the
number of unemployed people divided by the number
of people in the labor force.
UNDEREMPLOYMENT
Labor that falls under
the underemployment classification includes those
workers who are highly skilled but working in low
paying jobs, workers who are highly skilled but
working in low skill jobs and part-time workers who
would prefer to be full time.
PERFORMANCE
PHILIPPINE PERFORMANCE REPORT
Ranking in terms of
flexibility of wage,
capacity to attract talent,
and in female participation
in labor force have
improved.
Over P 10,000 but not over P 30,000 P 500 + 10% of the excess over P
10,000
Over P 30,000 but not over P 70,000 P 2,500 + 15% of the excess over P
30,000
Over P 70,000 but not over P 140,000 P 8,500 + 20% of the excess over P
70,000
Over P 140,000 but not over P 250,000 P 22,500 + 25% of the excess over P
140,000
Over P 250,000 but not over P 500,000 P 50,000 + 30% of the excess over P
250,000
THE PHILIPPINES.
• EMPLOYEE BENEFITS (HOLIDAY PAY, THIRTEENTH MONTH PAY AND RETIREMENT PAY)
IS PAYABLE TO EMPLOYEES WHO PERFORM WORK BETWEEN 10 P.M. AND 6 A.M. OF THE
REGULAR HOLIDAYS
• EMPLOYER SHOULD PAY ITS EMPLOYEES,
SPECIAL HOLIDAYS
THEIR REGULAR DAILY WAGE FOR ANY
• “NO WORK NO PAY”
UNWORKED REGULAR HOLIDAY.
• Employees have the right to have a 24 consecutive hours of rest day after every
6 days of work
Leave benefits:
- All married male employees to allow husband lend support to his wife in nursing her
newborn child.
MEAL PERIOD
• Meal period given should not be less than 60 minutes or 1 hour time-off for regular meals
• Given to all rank and file employees (must work at least 1 month during a calendar year)
• The required 13th month pay should be paid not later than 24 December of each year
RETIREMENT PAY
• The amount given an employee who has reached the age of 60 years for optional
retirement and 65 years old for compulsory and who has served the company for at least
• Minimum retirement pay = 22.5 days x daily rate x number of years of service
ISSUES IN THE
PHILIPPINE LABOR
MARKET
OUTPUT GROWTH AND EMPLOYMENT
• In the past years, the GDP of the Philippines had grown steadily. During
employment
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
• Total Factor Productivity (TFP), the efficiency in use of both labor and capital,
is important because labor income depends on labor productivity growth. This
growth is the average product of labor which correlates with labor’s
contribution to enterprise revenue and profits.
• With the declining earnings, people are looking for additional hours of work
(underemployed), or going abroad (overseas employment) or choose to be
self-employed.
• Also shows how they are not content with the quality of employment.
• This mitigates the unemployment problem but also poses moral hazard
problems, reducing labor force participation in the family.
YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT, JOB AND SKILL MISMATCH,
EDUCATED UNEMPLOYED
• More than half of the unemployed youth are stuck due to lack of job
opportunities, lack of skills and the competition with older ones. This lack of
training and skills and incompetence may be due to poor education, which
shows that indeed, education must be improved
• There is the job and skill mismatch. Even with the high unemployment rate,
there are actually jobs that are not filled because there are no applicants
who have the right qualifications
GOVERNMENT PLANS
AND ACTIONS
INTRODUCTION
• With the Filipino work force the main stakeholders being catered to, in 2011, the national
government of the Philippines with its department of labor and employment (DOLE), in
collaboration with the social partners led by the national tripartite advisory committee
(NTAC) on decent work, other government agencies, civil society and international
organizations, undertook A consultative process to develop the Philippine labor and
employment plan 2011-2016. The LEP, A “tripartite-plus” plan aligned with the Philippine
Development Plan 2011-2016, provides the consolidated strategic direction for labor and
employment in the medium-term.
• With the implementation period of the LEP coming to a close and to prepare for the
transition to the next medium-term development planning cycle, the dole, with support from
the International Labour Organization, held a series of consultation and capacity-building
activities to assess the implementation of the existing plan and develop the proposed
Philippine labor and employment plan 2017-2022.
• The government’s development plan in order to address the needs of the labor market can
be summed up into a 10 point agenda focusing on key aspects of employment, labor
relations, labor standards, and social dialogue as well as governance
EMPLOYMENT
AGENDA
AGENDA
AGENDA