Featured Speaker:  Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez
Former DOLE Undersecretary

February 18, 2021
1:30pm –  4:30pm
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Regular Rate           Php 1,499.00 + VAT starting February 12, 2021
Early Bird Rate        Php 1,399.00 + VAT until February 11, 2021
Group Rate              Php 1,299.00 + VAT per pax for 5 or more pax

Inclusive of the Webinar Session and the Digital Certificate
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HOW TO SOLVE COVID-RELATED PROBLEMS
(RETRENCHMENTS, REDUNDANCIES, CLOSURES & OTHER TERMINATIONS)

 

Rationale:

The Pandemic has devastated the economy, destroyed businesses and eliminated millions of jobs globally and hundreds of thousands in Asia and in the Philippines. Thousands of companies are finding it very difficult to survive, not to mention compete under very difficult situations. Costs are rising and prices of company products and services are going down. There is an urgent need to review and rationalize the cost of human capital and their levels of productivity in a very competitive business environment and very restrictive government regulations.

Purpose:
This short course is designed to help and empower micro, small, medium and even big companies with practical, doable and affordable techniques of coping and surviving. This is to aid company owners and their HR staff and lawyers by updating their knowledge of Labor Laws and HR coping mechanisms and processes.

Target Audience:
Business owners, HR managers and staff, LR and ER personnel and IR lawyers and other managers and executives, as well as management and labor lawyers.

COURSE OUTLINE:

1. Defining The Problem

1.1) The Serious Financial Difficulties,

1.2) The Decline of the Markets,

1.3) The High Cost of Doing Business,

1.4) HR and Labor Problems In The Workplace,

1.5) Management Dilemma In The Midst Of Crisis

2. Options For Survival

2.1) Same HR Capital With Higher Productivity,

2.2) Smaller HR Capital With Same or Higher Productivity

2.3) Options: Retrenchment, Redundancy, Closure

2.4) Options: Mergers, Consolidations, Sale of Company

2.5) Options: Temporary Lay-off, Retire and Rehire

3. Procedures and Employers’ Obligations

3.1) Procedures and Protocols For Retrenchment,

3.2) Procedures and Protocols for LSD, Redundancy,

3.3) Procedures for Closures, Sale of Company, etc,

3.4) Procedures for Mergers and Consolidations,

3.5) Procedures for Lay-off, Temporary Cessation, etc

4. Common Questions and Problems

4.1) What if the Union or Employees Object or Oppose?

4.2) What are The Obligations of Management?

4.3) What are the Important Documents and Reports?

4.4) What Is The Role of DOLE, NLRC and NCMB?

4.5) How To Make an Action Plan and How To Execute it?

5 and 6: FIFTH AND SIXTH 30 MINUTES : Questions and Answers

7. CONCLUSION

 

RESOURCE SPEAKER – Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez

Former DOLE Undersecretary

• Former Undersecretary of Department of Labor and Employment 2014 President of People Management Association of the Philippines (PMAP)
• 15 years of successful government service and 20 productive years in the business sector:
• 12 years in San Miguel Corporation, 3 years in Petron/PNOC and 5 years in Pepsi Cola
• He has been a professor of Law and Humanities in various universities with a total academic experience of more than 30 years
• He has had successful stints as Labor Attache in Taichung, Taiwan, in Malaysia and in Kuwait
• He is an experienced labor relations lawyer with various training exposures here and in New York, San Francisco, Singapore, Geneva, Beijing, Tokyo, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, Taiwan, Bahrain, Dubai and Honolulu, Hawaii.
• He has been recognized as a FELLOW in Personnel Management, a rare honor given only to the top 5% of the country’s HR Professionals
• An author (of several books), a newspaper columnist, a Bar Reviewer, etc.
• He graduated from the College of Law Magna Cum Laude and Class Valedictorian At the University of the Philippines where he was an MM (Masters in Management) full scholar, he was conferred by then UP President O.D. Corpuz, a Certificate of Merit for Academic Excellence.
• Born in Argao, Cebu.

 

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2. Ensure that there is a proper internet WIFI connection
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12. Unless asked by the speaker or the host to talk, the attendees should not unmute their microphone to avoid distracting the session. Anyone who persists in unmuting his / her audio, despite the reminder or warning, will be removed from the webinar session.

 

Thank you and enjoy!

Keep safe and God Bless!