jobs
Half-million drop in manufacturing: Jobs crisis highlights urgency of Filipino industrialization – IBON
June 8, 2025
Despite government claims of job resilience, research group IBON said that the country’s jobs crisis persists with significant manufacturing losses and worsening quality of work. The year-on-year increase in unemployed and underemployed Filipinos, lack of decent work, and huge drop in manufacturing jobs underscore the urgent need for a serious national industrialization strategy to create […]
PH economy struggles to create decent jobs
May 15, 2025
Jobs has been a top concern for the Philippine electorate, but do the government and newly-elected lawmakers recognize the extent of the jobs crisis enough to buckle down to resolving it?
How do the Senatorial candidates fare on jobs?
May 9, 2025
All senatorial aspirants say jobs should be prioritized, but who among them vie for decent, sustainable jobs from a robust, domestic economy?
Falling employment, higher underemployment signs of unsolved PH jobs crisis-IBON
May 8, 2025
The rise in underemployment reflects the unresolved jobs crisis where existing jobs pay poorly.
The poor’s calvary
April 16, 2025
What’s not being said about PH employment
April 11, 2025
The actual situation of millions of Filipinos, not official statistics, are the main determinant of how bad the jobs situation is.
Worsening informality behind rise in employment – IBON
April 8, 2025
Worsening jobs informality and lack of gainful work is driving the rise in employment and big decline in underemployment as indicated in the latest official data.
What robust labor market?
January 18, 2025
Shape of labor
January 16, 2025
The decline in employment in November 2024 shows that hyped rapid economic growth is jobless. Labor force participation has also shrunk, likely including many Filipinos discouraged from actively seeking work due to the lack of decent job opportunities. Most Filipinos lack savings and are so poor that they can’t afford to be unemployed. But because […]
