A Report about the The Labor Force in the Philippines.pptx

The Labor Force in the Philippines

1. THE LABOR FORCE Prepared by: Ellaisha G. Anselmo, LPT

2. The labor force, or workforce, is the total number of people within a given population who are currently employed plus the number of people who are unemployed and actively seeking work . Labor Force

3. Behind the Figures 01

4. National Statistics Office (NSO) – surveys households in urban and rural areas to determine the respondents’ employment status. However, the NSO samples more barangays in the urban rather than in the rural areas. October 1998 – NSO selected 2,045 urban barangays against only 1,371 in the rural areas. Behind the Figures ( 1 of 3 )

5. NSO considers employed: those who worked even for one hour during the week prior to the survey persons who expect to work two weeks after the survey period workers who are temporarily laid off because of non-economic reasons workers on strike Behind the Figures ( 2 of 3 )

6. Government – conveniently counts thousands of Filipinos as employed without regard for the particular context of their work Employed Work Force – composed of part-time, underemployed and contractual laborers Contractualization – workers grew in number and are readily counted in employment statistics Behind the Figures ( 3 of 3 )

7. Unpaid workers and the Underemployed 02

8. Unpaid Family Workers – those who work without pay in a farm or business operated by another family member. Family members, including children, work as farm hands and do not receive regular wages The government considers unpaid family workers in agriculture as officially employed. Unpaid workers ( 1 of 2 )

9. The increase in own account workers can be a reflection of the country’s unemployment problem, i.e., the lack of jobs drives Filipinos to eke out a living on their own. Unpaid workers ( 2 of 2 )

10. Underemployed – those who does not have enough paid work or not doing work that makes full use of their skills and abilities. the workers’ skill is greater than that of what he is require to do. Underemployed ( 1 of 3 )

11. 6.5 million workers – underemployed (agriculture, fishing, and forestry). These comprised 48.2% of the total underemployment rate. 35.6% - from services sector 116.3% - from industry sector Underemployed ( 2 of 3 )

12. The number of underemployed/part-time workers increased in level and proportion to employment rate, their number rose to 10.4 million (1999) Underemployed ( 3 of 3 )

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