informal work
1.4M jobs loss stresses need to strengthen local agri, Filipino industries – IBON
March 9, 2024
The drop in employed persons, combined with the phenomenal decrease in labor force participants and the swelling number of those not in the labor force, indicates a growing number of discouraged Filipino workers.
Widespread informality, growing poverty belie gov’t claims of robust jobs market – IBON
February 7, 2024
The prevalent lack of decent work and the increasing number of Filipinos falling into poverty dispels the Marcos Jr administration’s hype of a “robust” labor market.
PH starts 2024 on weak footing: Jobless growth and deindustrialization
January 12, 2024
FEATURE
The Marcos Jr administration knows that we all want good news because, well, who doesn’t. Unfortunately, it is taking advantage of this to manage citizens’ perception of the economy.
Stagnant employment and shrinking labor force indicate worsening disguised joblessness — IBON
January 10, 2024
The lower unemployment rate appears favorable but should not be taken at face value.
More part-timers, unpaid family workers underscores admin’s inability to create quality jobs – IBON
October 6, 2023
The millions-surge in informal work indicates that working Filipinos are going on survival mode as the living crisis intensifies. The Marcos Jr administration’s inability to improve the economy’s capacity to generate meaningful jobs is clearly a failure of policy and government’s economic management.
Almost three million drop in employed sign of swelling ranks of discouraged workers—IBON
September 8, 2023
Research group IBON said that the 2.8-million collapse in the number of employed persons but small decline in unemployed confirms that many Filipinos have dropped out of the labor force. This is due to the lack of jobs – even work that is self-employed and informal. The group said that this huge increase in discouraged […]
Marcos Jr Administration Year One
July 4, 2023
The Marcos Jr government projected its first year as being full of sunshine. But this has failed to conceal the administration’s inaction and incapability to genuinely serve and keep its promises to the Filipino people.
Jobs created mostly poor and quality work
May 15, 2023
The overwhelming number of “jobs created” are merely self-employment and informal work, and domestic work — accounting for 4.3 million or 71.3% of net employment
Faces of Informality
May 10, 2023
The number of informal workers is increasing as the economic crisis deepens, especially after the excessive lockdowns used to contain the pandemic. Informality is gravely worsening.
