Author: Md Asadul Islam, Abigail Hunt, Amer Hamzah Jantan, Haslinda Hashim, Choo Wei Chong
Date: August 5, 2019
Key Content: The study aimed to explore challenges and solutions in applying green human resource management practices for the sustainable workplace. The field of enquiry is ready-made garments factories, with the study drawing on qualitative research. This study is amongst the first in academic research to reveal the challenges and solutions in applying green human resource management practices in organizations; therefore, the primary data could be useful for academicians and policymakers in Region XI for further research and subsequent decision-making. 

Authors: Janette C. Camay
Date: December 30, 2020
Key Content: The intervention program also had recommendations to address problems on job satisfaction of the regular employees such as issues on their current salary on meeting their qualification, colleagues on giving them opportunities to contribute ideas from various perspectives, contentment on working under the supervision, continuous feedback of the supervisor to help them achieve the goals, and meeting career objectives through the current jobs. Lastly, the research determined a positive yet low relationship between the work motivation and job satisfaction of the regular employees. Nevertheless, the study concluded that the correlation that was found between the variables was insignificant and due to probability. Also, no dimension of work motivation was found to be statistically significantly associated with any of the dimensions of job burnout.

Authors: Edjan Parreño, Francis Evan Lejano Manayan, Arthelo Paslangan Palma
Date: November 2017
Key Content: This paper employed structural equations modeling technique to examine the relationships among and between variables such as age, length of service, organizational climate, work motivation and job satisfaction among 142 workers of an agricultural company in Paglas, Estate, Barangay Digal, Buluan, ARMM, Philippines. The result showed that age and length of service of workers have a significant direct impact to work motivation and organizational climate has also a positive influence to work motivation. Work motivation directly impacts job satisfaction. While the results showed that age and organizational climate have no statistically significant direct impact to job satisfaction, both variables have a significant indirect impact to job satisfaction through the mediating role of work motivation.

URL: https://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2022/02/11871-workers-in-davao-region-lost-jobs-in-2021-due-to-pandemic/
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Author: Antonio L. Colina IV
Date: February 9, 2022
Key Content: As community restrictions eased, the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA)-Davao region said the number of workers who lost jobs in 2021 decreased to 11,871 coming from 566 companies whose operations were severely affected by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

Date: March 2, 2022
Key Content: Region Davao Region's total population 15 years old and over for year 2020 was at 3.56 million. Labor Force Participation Rate (LFPR) during this period was at 57.5 percent, accounting for 2.05 million economically active Davaoeños (see Table 1). This is 2.8 and 2.3 percentage points lower compared to the LFPR of year 2018 and 2019, respectively

Author: N.A.
Date: August 29, 2022
Key Content: The CY 2015 Annual Regional Economic Situationer (ARES) provides a quick snapshot of the performance of Davao Region’s economy in 2015 by highlighting key socioeconomic indicators and assessing their performance vis-à-vis 2014. The ARES also provides a brief development outlook of the Region for 2016. In this report, there is a section for Labor and Employment which states the statistics of employment and underemployment rates.

Author: Christine Cudis
Date: June 15, 2022
Key Content: The Department of Labor and Employment sends a warning to the employers of Region 11 that failing to follow the new wage orders will result in a fine of up to PHP100,000 or a minimum 2 years of imprisonment.

Author: Grace Cantal-Albasin
Date: July 29, 2022
Key Content: The Regional Arbitration Branch (RAB-XI) of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) of Davao City orders food delivery platform foodpanda to pay the seven illegally dismissed workers back in July 2021 PHP234,000 to PHP368,000, which amounts to a total of PHP2,240,000.

 

"These have taken a toll on some employees, especially on their mental health. Management decisions such as lay-offs, salary cuts, and other cost-cutting measures also had a role to play," Chandra said

Employee engagement is more critical than ever, beyond just creating fun programs and games for the staff. This means reaching out to your people and discovering what is important to them. Is it better working conditions, wage negotiation or flexible work arrangements? There should be a healthy discussion to find a suitable middle ground where everyone is happy.

For many companies, this overall decline in employee wellness meant re-assessing how they promoted overall health and well-being for their teams. Whether it meant providing mental health support, having mental health leaves, or encouraging more open discussions on feeling overwhelmed and unwell at the office. Most of these topics were considered taboo several years ago, but have now come to light as legitimately important workplace discussions.

So how do businesses help employees put a premium on their well-being? While many companies presently can’t afford to raise their wages as they are also bouncing back from the global health crisis’s impact, they still need to help care for their employees. After all, it has been proven that healthy and happier employees are more productive and, therefore, better for the business. And employees that are feeling overwhelmingly stressed, sick, or unhappy will ultimately be bad for business, attrition, and overall team morale.

TITLE:  Mindanao: The Land of Promise?

AUTHOR: FAIRFOOD, JOHN RYAN MENDOZA
DATE: June 27, 2014
KEY CONTENT: The documentary focuses on the unethical treatment that is being imposed on contractual workers. The job often pays less than the minimum wage, health insurance is not provided, there is a high likelihood of being terminated within a few short months, and a significant number of benefits are not being provided to the contractual workers.

AUTHOR: Bobby Lagsa
DATE: June 10, 2022
KEY CONTENT: The article reveals how child labor is often normalized in Northern Mindanao and how unsafe the working environment is for young children. The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) projected that at least 20,000 children in Northern Mindanao are still being compelled to perform dangerous work due to poverty despite the government's campaign to abolish child labor.