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Completed Researches in 2005
An Update on Philippine Labor Relations:
Milestones and Future Goals
This paper tackles labor relations issues in the country at a time when arbitration of labor disputes is at the forefront of national issues.  It was presented to the American Chamber of Commerce in February 2005.
Country Paper 
on ASEAN Regional Programme on Industrial Relations
This paper presents a brief backgrounder on the labor market environment within which the Philippines labor relations system revolves. It provides some guideposts toward improving the dispute settlement system and discusses current efforts toward that end. 
The Philippine Textile and Garment Industry: 
Post- MFA
The paper is a situationer on the textile and garment industry that was prepared as an input to the action planning workshops of the Clothing and Textile Industry Tripartite Council.

Philippine Perspective on Decent Work:  
Moving Forward with a Common Agenda
As part of the country’s commitment to pursue decent work opportunities for all Filipinos, the DOLE together with its partners from labor and employers, embarked on the second country program on decent work.  
Status of Decent Work Agenda in the Philippines/ 
Philippine Employment Situation 2004
The report is a sequel of the Decent Work Report 2001 to 2003.  It provides a discussion on the state of decent work in the country by looking into its different dimensions  
Assessment of the Efficacy of PESOs
This study aims to assess the effectiveness of PESOs as multi-employment service facilities.  It seeks to determine the levels of performance and to identify the factors 
Employers’ Perspective of the Efficacy of the PESOs
The survey attempts to assess the level of performance and usefulness of PESO services from the perspective of the employers.  It shall help determine the level of awareness 
DOMWORK Multi-Component Project: 
Drafting of Bills for Domestic Workers
This project revisits the Labor Code provisions on the employment of house helpers and looks at the bills filed in Congress as steps towards the development of a more responsive 
Policy Brief 
on the Employment Creation Efforts of the Government
The policy brief describes the present employment situation of the country.  It brings out trends and movements in some key labor market variables
Evaluation of Voluntary Arbitration in the Philippines
This study is an attempt to determine whether the voluntary arbitration program is a better alternative to a compulsory labor dispute settlement system.  
Faces of Local Tripartism in the National Capital Region
Against the backdrop of national policy seeking the institutionalisation of tripartism at the local level, the paper looks at the “faces” of local tripartism in seven cities in the National Capital Region
The Assumption and Certification Power in the Philippines:
Issues, Context and Options
This policy research seeks to provide a wider historical, legal and policy context to the national discourse on the assumption and certification power of the Secretary of Labor and Employment 

Decent Work is Alive and Well in the Philippines

The paper was presented to the Employment and Social Policy Committee Meeting during the 294the the ILO Governing Body. It contains the history and process of evolution of decent work
Remittances: 
The Wages of Movement
This paper traces the history of migration from the Philippines and the effects of the dollars remitted by overseas Filipinos to their families, in particular, and to the Philippine economy in general.

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Child Labor
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Gender/ Women
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Migration/ Overseas Employment
Occupational Safety and Health
Social Development/ Exclusion/ Securities/ Protection
Trade/ Economic Liberalization
Vulnerable Workers
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Workers' Welfare/ Decent Work
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Conference on the 30th Year of the Phil. Labor Code

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