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Labor and Employment
Accession/New Hire any permanent or
temporary addition to employment in the
establishment. Transfer or
shifting of workers from one plant or department to
another within the same firm is excluded.
It may be due to: (2) expansion-
addition to employment arising out of expansion in production or
business
activity of the establishment; (3) replacement addition to
employment arising
from resignation, death of the worker, etc. and for which replacement is
needed;
and (5) others addition to employment resulting from changes in
methods of
production, service or change in
Technology.
Class of Worker the relationship of the
worker to the establishment where he works.
Equivalent to industrial status in other countries.
They are categorized as
follows:
A.) Wage and Salary Workers class of worker who (a)
worked for private
household a person working in a private household for pay, in cash
or in kind
(domestic helper, household cook, gardener, family driver, etc.); (b)
worked for
private establishment a person working in a private establishment
for pay, in
cash or in kind. This class
includes not only persons working for a private
industry but also those working for a religious group (priest, acolyte),
missionary
(nuns, sisters, etc.), unions, and non-profit organizations.
This category includes
the following types of workers: (l) persons working in public works
project on
private contracts; (ii) public transport drivers who do not own the
vehicle but
drive them on boundary basis; (iii) dock hands or stevedores; (iv) cargo
handlers in railroad stations or piers; and (v) palay harvester getting
fixed
share
of harvested palay; and, (c) worked for government/government
corporation-
a person working for the government or a government
corporation or any
of its
instrumentalities. This
category of worker includes the
following workers: (i)
Filipinos working in embassies, legation, chancelleries or
consulates of
foreign
government in the Philippines; (iii) Filipinos working in
international
organizations
of Sovereign States or Governments like the United
Nations, World Health
Organization and others; (iii) Chaplains in the Armed
Forces of the
Philippines;
B.) Own-Account Worker class of worker who is either: (a)
self-employed
without any employee a person working for profit or fee in own
business,
farm, profession or trade without any paid employee as defined in
category
(b)
below. This includes
workers who work purely on commission basis and who
may not have regular working hours.
(b) employer in own farm or business- a
person working in his own business, farm, profession or trade who had
one or
more regular paid employees, including paid family members; (c) worked
with
pay on own family-operated farm o business a person working in own
family-operated farm or business and receives cash or fixed share of the
produce as payment for his services;
C.) Unpaid Family Worker those who worked without pay on own
family
operated farm or business operated by another member living in the same
household. The room and
board and any cash allowance given as incentives
are not counted as compensation for these family workers.
Collective Bargaining Agreement the negotiated contract between a legitimate labor
organization and the employer concerning wages, hours of work and all
other
terms and conditions of employment in a bargaining unit, including
mandatory
provisions for grievance and arbitration machinery.
Employed
persons in the labor force who were reported either at work or with a
job
or business although not at work:
A.) At work those who did some work, even for one hour during
the
reference period;
B.) With a job or business but not at work those who have job
or business
even though not at work during the reference period because of temporary
illness/injury, vacation or other leave of absence, bad weather or
strike/labor
dispute or other reasons. Likewise
persons who are expected to report for
work or to start operation of a farm or business enterprise within two
weeks
from the date of the e-numerators visit are considered employed.
Employment Rate the proportion of the
total number of employed persons to the total
number of persons in the labor force.
Industry
the nature or character of the business or enterprise or the place
wherein a
person works.
Labor Force, (Persons in the) the population 15 years old and over who
contribute
to the production of goods and services in the country.
It includes those who
are either employed or unemployed. Those
who are neither employed nor
unemployed are considered not in the labor force, e.g. persons
who are not
working and are not available for work during the reference week and
persons
who are not available and are not looking for work because of reasons
other
than those previously mentioned. Examples
are housewives, students, disabled
or retired persons and seasonal workers.
Labor Force Participation Rate
proportion of the total number of persons in the
labor force to the total population 15 years old and over.
Labor Standards minimum requirements
prescribed by existing laws, rules and
regulations and other issuances relating to wages, living allowances
and other
employee monetary and welfare benefits, occupational health and safety
and
other standards designed to improve conditions of work.
Labor Standard Case labor dispute
arising from violations or non-compliance of labor
standards whether or not employer-employee relations exist.
Labor Turnover changes in the employment
of an establishment during a reference
period resulting from accessions and separations.
Labor Turnover Rate
percentage difference of accession and separation rates in
employment
for every 100 employed workers. This
is computed as a difference
of
separation rate from accession rate.
Labor Union any union or association of
employees which exists in whole or in part for
the purpose
of collective bargaining or of dealing with employers concerning
terms and
conditions of employment. Also
called labor organization classified as
follows:
A.) Organized
Labor workers duly represented by a recognized or certified
exclusive
bargaining agent in an appropriate bargaining unit; and
B.) Unorganized
Labor workers in an establishment where there is no duly
recognized
or certified collective bargaining agent.
Lockout the temporary refusal of an
employer to furnish work to the employees as a
result of
an industrial or labor dispute. It
comprises shutdown, mass retrenchment
and
dismissals without previous written clearance from the Secretary of
Labor
and Employment
or his duly authorized representatives.
It may be:
A.) Total
lasts for one month or less;
B.)
Temporary Closure lasts for more than one month to six months;
and
C.) Permanent
Closure lasts for more than six months.
Manpower a portion of population which
has actual or potential capability to
contribute to the
production of goods and services.
Minimum Wage wage fixed by that law that
an employer can pay a worker. Also
known as
statutory minimum wage.
Nominal Wage
the amount of wages a person actually receives, measured in current
pesos.
Also called money wage.
Occupation
the specific kind of work a person does.
If a person has a job but at
work, it is
the kind of work he will be doing when he reports for work, or will be
doing if he
is waiting for a new a job to begin within two weeks from the date of
interview.
Real Wage
wages deflated by the current Consumer Price Index. It gives information
on how much
the current wages are given compared to wages of a given base
year period.
Separation termination of employment in
the establishment. It is
generally classifiable
as:
A.) quits
termination of employment initiated by employees; or
B.)
lay-off termination of employment initiated by employer.
Separation Rate
proportion of the total number or terminations of employment to the
total
number of workers employed.
Strike, Actual
any temporary stoppage of work by the concerted action of employees
as a
result of an industrial or labor dispute.
This may include slowdown, boycott,
sit
-down, mass leave, attempts to damage, destroy or sabotage plant
equipment
and
facilities and similar activities.
Boycott
concerted action of employees an their union to refrain from working
with the
establishment.
Mass
Leave a form of concerted work stoppage where the union or the
workers avail
en
masse of their paid leaves under their Collective Bargaining Agreement
or by
law
or where said workers/union go on massive Absence Without Official Leave
(AWOL).
Sit
down a form of concerted work stoppage where workers refuse to
work inside a
factory or establishment after punching their time cards.
Slowdown
a deliberate lessening of work effort for a definite purpose and
time. In
motive, it is similar to strike and differs from the latter only in the
degree of
stoppage involved.
Underemployed employed persons who
expressed the desire to have additional
hours of work in their present job or in an additional job, or to have a
new job
with longer working hours.
Underemployed, Invisibly persons
employed at full-time jobs but who still want
additional work.
Underemployed Visibly employed persons
who worked less than 40 hours during the
reference week and wanted additional hours of work.
Unemployed persons in the labor force
who did not work or had no job/business
during the reference week but were reported available and actively
looking
for
work. Also considered as
unemployed are persons without a job or business
who were reported as available for work but were not looking for work
because
of their belief that no work was available or because of temporary
illness/disability, bad weather, pending job application or waiting for job
interview.
Unemployment Rate, (Open) proportion of
the total number of unemployed persons
to the total number of persons in the labor force.
Unemployment Rate, Total proportion of
the total number of unemployed persons
and the number of persons who are visibly underemployed in full time
employment standard to the total number of persons in the labor force.
Wage Rate the basic pay including cost of living allowances
and other guaranteed or
regularly paid allowances but exclude overtime payments, bonuses and
gratuities, family allowances and other social security payments made by
employers,
as well as ex-gratia payments in kinds, supplementary to normal
wage rate.
Work is any economic activity that a
person does, classified into any of the following
categories:
A.) Work for pay in cash or in kind work by a person for an
employer,
whether in an establishment, office, farm or private residence (other
than his
own) and receives salary/wage, commission, tips, in cash or in kind, or other
forms of compensation such as free meals, and/or free living quarters, support
in
school, etc.;
B.) Work for profit work by a self-employed person for profit
in own
business such as sari-sari store, farm, dress shop or for fees in the
practice of
ones profession trade;
C.) Work without pay on family farm or enterprise occurs when
a person
works without pay on a farm or enterprise that is being operated by
another
family member in the same household; and
D.) Work by farm operator/family member on anothers farm on
exchange labor work by a farm operator or a member of his family
on a
farm
being operated by another household on exchange labor arrangements.
This
is
usually practiced by agricultural workers during the height of rice
planting
and
harvesting seasons.
Working Age Population the population 15 years and over at a specific
time. The
working age population is divided into persons in the labor force and
persons
not in the labor force.
Source:
Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics
Administrative, Executive and Managerial Workers
(2) workers in this major
group comprise persons who, as elected or appointed officials of national
or
local governments, are mainly occupied in deciding or participating in
formulating government policy and in making, amending and implementing
laws,
rules and regulations, together with those who, as government
administrators,
organize and direct the interpretation and execution of
governmental policy and
those
who, as directors and managers, plan, organize,
coordinate and direct the
activities of private or public enterprises, or
organizations, or one or more of
their departments.
Agricultural, Animal Husbandry and Forestry
Workers, Fishermen and Hunters
(7)
workers in this major group manage or conduct farms on their behalf, on
behalf of private owners, or in partnership; supervise and perform
agricultural,
animal husbandry and forestry tasks; catch fish, hunt and trap animals;
and
perform related tasks.
Clerical and Related Workers (3) workers in this major group organize and
supervise clerical and related office work in public or private
establishments,
including transport and communication service operations; record oral or
written
matters by shorthand writing, typing and other means; compile and maintain
records of financial transactions and other business activities; operate
office
machines and telephone and telegraph equipment; take charge of public
transport vehicles during journeys; take part in postal work and mail
distribution; and perform other clerical tasks.
Production and Related Workers, Transport
Equipment Operators and Laborers
- workers in this major group are engaged in or directly associated with
the
extraction of minerals, petroleum and natural gas from the earth and their
treatment; manufacturing processes; the construction maintenance and
repair of
various types of roads, structures, machines and other products.
Also included
are those who handle materials, operate transport and other equipment and
perform laboring tasks requiring primarily physical effort.
Professional, Technical and Related Workers (0/1) workers in this major group
conduct research and apply scientific knowledge to the solution of a
variety of
technological, economic, social and industrial problems and perform other
professional, technical, artistic and related
functions in such fields as the physical
and natural sciences, engineering, law, medicine, religion, education,
literature,
art, entertainment and sport.
Sales Workers (5) workers in this major group are engaged in, or
directly associated
with, buying and selling goods and services of all kinds and in conducting
wholesale and retail
businesses on their own behalf or managing them on
behalf of others.
Service Workers (6) workers in this major group plan, organize,
direct, supervise and
perform catering, housekeeping, personal, protective and related services.
Workers Not Classified By Occupation (X) workers in this major group are new
workers seeking employment, workers reporting occupations which cannot be
identified, workers reporting occupations not sufficiently described to
permit
classification in any of the major groups and workers not reporting any
occupations.
Source: National Statistical Coordination Board
1997 Philippine Standard Occupational Classification
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