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By Anthony Vargas, Reporter
THE Department of Labor and Employment on
Wednesday reported an uptrend in the hiring of workers that somehow
indicates positive employment growth among Metro Manila’s top 500
enterprises.
The Bureau of Labor Employment and Statistics,
in a report to Labor Secretary Marianito Roque, said the uptrend in
worker hiring is reflected in a recently concluded Labor Turnover
Survey.
The bureau, an agency that is directly under the
Labor department, conducted the labor survey in Metro Manila during
the past five years from January 2003 up to the end of December
2007.
As shown in the survey, employment in top
enterprises in the metropolis has grown generally over the long term
from 2003 to 2007, as compared to earlier years which showed
stagnant jobs activity.
The bureau initially noted a sluggish employment
growth in Metro Manila from 2003 to 2005 but its pace has
substantially improved with the accession rates in the succeeding
years.
In 2006 the accession or new hires was at 9.23
percent and increased to 10.47 percent in the following year,
outpaced with a “respectable margin” in their separation rates
at 7.7 percent and 7.64 percent, respectively.
New workers are being hired
In 2007 alone, the statistics imply a net
addition of 28 workers per 1,000 employed or a total of 105 workers
being hired, offsetting 76 workers separated because of resignation
or termination.
The bureau said this makes for a substantially
improved labor turnover rate of 2.83 percent, denoting the
difference between the accession and separation rates during the
year.
It also the positive labor turnover rate of
employment in Metro Manila’s top 500 firms only means the latter
have begun “to boost their workforces” in the process, creating
more jobs as compared to number of workers laid off.
The bureau added that from 2003 to 2007,
accession or new hires among the top firms have been driven mainly
by replacement of separated workers, from 4.59 percent in 2003 to
8.53 percent in 2007.
Business expansion accounted for lesser
fraction, or 1.94 percent to 2.94 percent.
The bureau said the accession refers to new
hires who are either permanent or temporary additions to an
enterprise.
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