Government-funded paid leaves are essential to workers’ health and livelihood during a pandemic. We call on the legislators to certify the Paid Pandemic Leave Bill or HB 7909 and other ayuda bills as urgent. Paid leaves eliminate the dilemma of having to choose between health and income. Compensation mechanisms are essential for public health compliance […]
More than one year into the pandemic, and only after a consistent campaign waged by workers’ organizations, the Employees’ Compensation Commission has finally recognized Covid-19 as a work-related and occupational disease. This is a small victory of the Filipino workers and workers’ organizations in the country, who had to fight, online and offline, for this […]
Workplace safety NGO Institute for Occupational Health and Safety Development (IOHSAD), together with workers, teachers, artists, urban poor and health workers lit candles at home and hospitals this evening to remember those who have died due to the Covid-19 pandemic and government negligence, as well as those who have laid their lives in the cause […]
After more than a year of the longest lockdown in the world, Covid-19 cases in the Philippines continue to rise, peaking at 15,000 in just one day. The socio-economic conditions continue to worsen, while the country’s already weak healthcare system has completely broken down. As we near April 28 International Workers’ Memorial Day and May […]
Inaanyayahan ang lahat ng manggagawa: manggagawa sa manupaktura, manggagawang pangkalusugan, guro, empleyado ng BPO, manggagawang agrikultural, kawani ng gobyerno, jeepney drayber, migrante, manggagawang pangkultura at iba pang nais magsulat ng kanilang karanasan ngayong pandemya para sa inihahandang koleksyon o e-book. Maaaring ipadala ang inyong mga lahok hanggang 18 Abril 2021. Layunin ng koleksyong itampok ang […]
The Institute for Occupational Health and Safety Development (IOHSAD) condemns the massacre of nine activists, the arrest of four more, and the raids of their households. These are further proof of the blatant disregard of Filipinos’ right to life and to live in freedom and in safety under the Duterte government. Everyone has the right […]
In response to the comprehensive national plan for immunization against COVID-19, the Institute for Occupational Health and Safety Development (IOHSAD) demands for the following: mandatory occupational safety and health education on vaccination in workplaces; free, safe, and effective vaccines; and prioritization of workers and other marginalized sectors over uniformed personnel in the vaccination program. (1) […]
The Institute for Occupational Health and Safety Development (IOHSAD) calls on the Labor Department to immediately release results of previous Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) inspections into workplaces involved in three recent ammonia-related incidents, conduct strict investigation into the incidents, and penalize the violators based on the provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Law. […]
President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the deferment of the scheduled 3% hike in PhilHealth members’ contribution because of the widespread opposition of Filipino workers and the public. The Institute for Occupational Health and Safety Development (IOHSAD) credits the Filipino workers and people’s opposition, not this government’s supposed concern, for this action. Workers and most Filipinos know […]
