A total of 130 overseas Bangsamoro workers (OBW) from Cotabato City, Maguindanao, and Special Geographic Area (SGA) of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) convened for the 2024 Regional OBW Convention on April 17, 2024. Held at the Alnor Convention Hall in Cotabato City, the said annual event aimed to honor and recognize continue reading : MOLE holds regionwide gathering to honor OBWs as Modern-Day Heroes

Employees of the Ministry of Labor and Employment have undergone basic training for Single Entry Assistance Desk Officers (SEADO) held simultaneously on April 16-18, 2024, in Koronadal City and Zamboanga City. This three-day basic training aimed to equip participants with the necessary knowledge and skills to effectively handle labor disputes and concerns filed before the continue reading : MOLE employees equipped as SEADOs

COTABATO CITY – The Ministry of Labor and Employment is closely coordinating with the Department of Migrant Workers upon learning of the two Filipino seafarers who got killed in a missile strike on Wednesday, March 6, in the Aden Gulf. Labor Minister Muslimin G. Sema has instructed Director Annuarudin U. Tayuan of the ministry’s Overseas continue reading : MOLE coordinates with DMW after missile strike kills 2 Filipino seafarers

COTABATO CITY – The Bangsamoro Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board, chaired by Minister Muslimin “Bapa Mus” G. Sema of the Ministry of Labor and Employment, has approved on Wednesday, Feb. 7, the new minimum wage for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. The signing of the Wage Order No. BARMM-03, which took place at continue reading : BARMM wage board okays P20 additional increase, sets new minimum wage

COTABATO CITY – The National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) will now accept labor cases emanating from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. In a memorandum order dated on August 1, 2023, Acting Chairperson Julia Cecily I. Coching-Sosito has instructed the commission’s Regional Arbitration Branches in Mindanao to receive and dispose SEnA referrals, complaints, and continue reading : NLRC to accept labor cases from BARMM

COTABATO CITY – More than P1.5M worth of cash assistance in total was distributed by the Ministry of Labor and Employment to twelve beneficiaries of the Social Benefits Program for Overseas Bangsamoro Workers on June 5-6, 2023. Labor Minister Muslimin G. Sema, along with Deputy Ministr Tommy Nawa, Director General Datu Surab A. Abutazil, Jr., continue reading : 12 benes under Social Benefits Program for OBWs receive cash aid from MOLE

COTABATO CITY — The first leg of capacity building to promote compliance and enforcement of child labor laws in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) was rolled out on May 23-25, at the Em Manor Hotel and Convention, in this city. Focal persons of the Child Labor Protection Units in both regional and continue reading : MOLE, ILO join forces on child labor eradication in BARMM; begin training rollout for stakeholders

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — More than 30 employees of the Ministry of Labor and Employment (MOLE) underwent a 5-day intensive training on labor inspectorate on May 15-19, held at the N Hotel, in this city. The training, in partnership with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) central office through its Bureau of Working continue reading : MOLE ties up with DOLE for sustainable labor inspection program in BARMM

COTABATO CITY – The Ministry of Labor and Employment led the celebration of the Bangsamoro Labor Day on Monday, May 1, at the OCM Grounds, inside the Bangsamoro Government Center, in this city. The celebration, which was themed “Matatag na Trabaho at Kabuhayan Para sa Manggagawang Bangsamoro,” began with an early morning parade. BARMM ministries, continue reading : BARMM celebrates Bangsamoro Labor Day; vows workers improved working conditions