Visakhapatnam: Working in line with the target set by the Ministry of Labour and Employment to facilitate social security to workers in the informal sector, district officials focus on enrolling ...

QUEZON CITY (PIA) – The Pag-IBIG Fund launched on Thursday a raffle promo where participants may win up to P500,000 to encourage OFWs and informal sector workers to become members of the Fund.

“Specifically, the number of informal sector workers with funded RSAs was 12,241. From 2020 to Q3 2024, the number of funded RSA registrations increased by 5,971, and the total amount saved in ...

Demographically, the in formal sector is dominated by youth and women. According to a 2022 report by NBS, 65 per cent of informal sector workers are under the age of 35 and women constitute nearly 60 ...

Would our young people still go to college if they knew they are less likely to find a job than if they took a ...

MANILA, Philippines — Plagued with discarded face masks, plastic bottles, and other trash during the COVID-19 pandemic, a small riverside community in Manila created its waste management service ...

With the region facing significant socio-economic challenges, including looming layoffs in the titanium mining sector and a high poverty rate, the program aims to empower informal workers and artisans ...

Will Atal Pension Yojana be revamped? In the Union Budget 2019, the government also launched Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Mandhan (PMSYM) as a plan to provide old age pension for the unorganised informal ...

Formalisation could also address the issue of labour insecurity in the informal sector. Workers in this sector often face low wages, poor working conditions, and a lack of social protections.

Assuming that in each province the informal traders as a percentage of all informal sector workers is the same as the national percentage, Gauteng has 263 000 people employed as informal traders.