If, during this pandemic, you are feeling stressed, you’re not alone. There are too many problems in the world today, including pandemics, political unrest, rising unemployment, police brutality cases, earthquakes, floods and more. For companies hit by the pandemic, with reduced sales, branch closures, retrenchments and others, it’s not surprising for your employees to feel stressed out. You may not think it is, but mental healthof employees is actually important. How can you help your employees? 1. Start a conversation Starting the conversation may be uncomfortable but allow them to open up and listen, no judgments. Continue reading the full version.

If you thought your company was already future-ready, we’re pretty sure COVID-19 made you rethink your confidence. With the number of businesses shutting down and record unemployment, only the strong, resilient organizations will survive. Needless to say, COVID-19 is a stress test for companies. Even before the pandemic, many companies already had problems keeping up with the turnover rates, changing policies, new technologies and new innovations. What might change? Certainly, in a few years, jobseekers will most likely ask this questions from potential employers, “How did you respond to the Covid-19?” You will be judged by how you treated your organization as a whole during the pandemic. Continue reading the full version.

COVID-19 has raised numerous trust issues in the workplace that we didn’t even believe existed before – or perhaps they did, just that the issues are amplified during this period. We highlight some of them in this article. Health Trust Issues  Before the imposed quarantine, several employees were already concerned about their colleagues who were coughing, sneezing, or who appeared sick. While going to work sick used to be hailed as an act of corporate martyrdom, it is now regarded as downright selfish and annoying. If you’re sick, even with the smallest colds, STAY HOME or get pissed off looks from your colleagues. Continue reading the full version.

By CAL Office politics is a given in any workplace. Decisions, opinions, personalities arise in the work environment that promotes office politics. These influence our part in the workforce and the roles we play. Office politics has always been seen in a negative light but there are also ways to use office politics into better, less negative use. 1. Knowing the Formal and Informal Network  Aside from the formal organizational structure of the company such as job titles and ranks there is also an informal structure at play that you can also try to observe at. These are those that influence others despite no authority in the first place, those others respect.  Continue reading the full version.

Most of us are not strangers to working overtime. If you have never worked overtime in your life, you are almost a unicorn. Most of us, too, have received overtime pay (“OT pay”) at some point. Overtime pay is the additional payment for work performed in excess of the standard 8 hours per day. Read more about normal work hours, standard wages, and other benefits here . How much is the OT pay according to DOLE? OT pay is: Plus 25% of the hourly rate for work performed in excess of 8 hours on ordinary day.  Plus 30% of the hourly rate for work performed in excess of 8 hours on rest day, special day or regular holiday.  Continue reading the full version.

What do you know about the wages and related benefits in the Philippines? Information is power, so here’s a quick and easy guide. Information as of July 2020, straight from http://bwc.dole.gov.ph/ WORKING HOURS, BASIC PAY AND BREAKS  Normal Working Hours in a Day.  8 hours is the normal working hours in a day.  Rest Day.  “There is a rest day of not less than 24 consecutive hours or 1 day for every 6 days of work which should be scheduled by the employer upon consultation with the employees.” (DOLE)  Lunch Break. “Meal period is not less than 60 minutes or 1 hour time-off for regular meals of employees which is non-compensable. Rest periods or coffee breaks running from 5 to 20 minutes shall be considered compensable working time.” (DOLE) Continue reading the full version.