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Faced with the immense challenges of a highly connected, borderless
and knowledge-based environment vis-à-vis the need to continuously
foster an atmosphere of social dialogue that promotes decent work,
employers have resolved to pursue greater interaction among
stakeholders.
The Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP)
will make use of the upcoming 29th National Conference of Employers
slated on 14-15 May 2008 at the Manila Hotel to spearhead
discussions with lawmakers, government executives, private sector,
and labor leaders in relation to the changing workplace as well as
the changing roles the stakeholders have to play.
ECOP President Sergio Ortiz-Luis, Jr. noted that
Conference focusing on the theme, “The Empowered Workplace,”
will showcase the realities in the changing workplace and “address
basic issues affecting the stakeholders in a new light.”
According to Ortiz-Luis, the Conference will not
only pave the way for greater interaction among stakeholders but
also gut-level discussion on current and emerging issues, and
promotion of doable initiatives for policy reform.
David O. Chua, president and CEO, Cathay Pacific
Steel Corp. and chairman of this year’s Conference Organizing
Committee, pointed out that with the radical change in today’s
workplace, “not only have the rules in the game of business
changed—the game itself has changed.”
“The new ways of doing business necessitate
new mindsets among the players, and engender a more flexible
environment that spawns new, innovative ideas in relating with the
stakeholders,” Chua emphasized.
Among the issues to be tackled in the Conference
are “Expanding the Coverage of Social Protection; Defining the
Legislative Labor Agenda; Nurturing Entrepreneurship; Creating Jobs;
and The Changing Face of the Workplace.”
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