Published April 13, 2021, 8:32 AM
“With our soft skills development program, we hope to empower more women and effect change to men and how they perceive women in the workplace. Ultimately, this program aims to build the capacity of both women and men, so that they may harmoniously and effectively work with each other,”
Ms. Diana Pardo-Aguilar, ECOP Vice President and Chair of the recently launched ECOP Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) Committee, said as she delivered her opening remarks during the “
21st Century Workplace: Leadership Skills for the Workforce” online forum conducted recently via Zoom.
Just in time for women’s month, the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) launched the said event with the support of the International Labor Organization (ILO), Philippine Women’s Economic Network (PHILWEN) and the Philippine Business Coalition for Women Empowerment (PBCWE).
Published April 13, 2021, 7:00 AM
Employers have expressed relief following the decision of the government to relax a bit the 2-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR) and neighboring provinces even as they urged the government never to implement the ECQ again unless it is the last resort.
Sergio Ortiz-Luis Jr., president of the Employers Confederation of the Philippines, said the modified ECQ (MECQ) may not be the best but at least more establishments can now operate albeit still limited capacity.
Sergio Ortiz-Luis Jr., president of the Employers Confederation of the Philippines
“MECQ might not be the best but this is better than ECQ. It is still a hard climb but this is a positive move,” he said.
Nationwide round-up (04/11/21)
April 11, 2021 | 7:32 pm
Employers, workers groups say more cash aid needed with another lockdown
BOTH employers and employees on Sunday said another week of a strict lockdown in the Philippine capital and nearby provinces will be difficult if no aid will be given to affected sectors, adding restrictive measures cost billions to the economy daily. “You’re looking at business from bad to worse, even in confidence in business,” Employers Confederation of the Philippines President Sergio R.Ortiz-Luis said in an interview with
BusinessWorld on Sunday. With the strictest quarantine level enforced in the past two weeks, “People are already losing money,” he said. “There is also not enough aid being given,” he added in Filipino. Mr. Ortiz-Luis added lockdowns are not sustainable and the government should instead focus on other means to control the virus. The stringent quarantine measures cover Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal
The Philippine government should have spent more of its budget in boosting the health sector as this would have minimized the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy, according to the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP).
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