While agents, salespeople, and the rest of the company have the satisfaction of customers to take care of, we in HR have that of our companies’ employees. And to gauge how we’re doing, we conduct employee satisfaction surveys; we measure…
The first step toward change, says psychotherapist and writer Nathaniel Branden, is awareness. That’s also true for managing employee complaints. We’re used to resolving workplace issues as they come, but as HR managers, we’re also expected to have foresight: to…
Dealing with employee complaints proves to be one of the toughest parts of being an HR manager. In worst cases, it means having to face so many things at once: a gap in the company’s policies, an error caused by…
Long streaks of holidays and non-working days lie ahead, and for most of us in HR, this means one thing: special pay computations. While some employees are taking their much anticipated breaks, a lot of people will work as usual….
Everybody hates delayed salaries, but workers in the Philippines may no longer have to worry about them soon. Employers who pay their their workers late will be penalized — that is, if the the bill against delayed wages and salaries…
Great employers don’t rely on luck in finding and keeping the right talent. Instead of leaving things to chance, they spend huge amounts of resources in hiring and retaining excellent people. The best products and services, after all, can only…
Here are the top news, events, and announcements that shaped and steered the HR industry and labor in the Philippines in September 2017. Senate endorses TRAIN Bill The Senate has endorsed its own version of the Tax Reform for Acceleration…
The much anticipated Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) program has finally gained foothold in the Senate. Last September 20, the Senate Committee on Ways and Means officially endorsed Senate Bill 1592, its version of the tax reform package…
The numbers have spoken: the employment rate in the Philippines has hit a record low in July. According to the latest Labor Force Survey (LFS) conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), the figure has gone down to 94.4% from…