2023 LEARNING SESSION CALENDAR
| # | SCHEDULE | TOPIC/S | DESCRIPTION / RATIONALE | TARGET AUDIENCE | PLATFORM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | February 22, 2023 | Sustainable Practices in Waste Management | This learning session focuses on sound environmental practices and innovative solutions for MSMEs. It explains the impact of taking care of the environment and why sustainable organizational practices are essential. Further, this module links sustainability and service quality thru practical tips and suggestions. | Business owners/ employers and workers in micro, small and medium enterprises. | Webinar |
| 2 | March 08, 2023 | Service Quality | This learning session discusses the practices and approaches to providing service quality and building customer relations service through the HEART framework | Business owners/employers, workers, and heads of a production department | Webinar |
| 3 | March 22, 2023 | Promoting Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) in the Workplace
(Women’s Month Special) |
This learning session discusses how to achieve a balance between gender equality and social inclusion within establishments. Gender Equality is about changing the norms and expectations about female and male roles to encourage balanced power distribution within establishments. Social Inclusion involves improving the ability, opportunity, and dignity of people who are disadvantaged based on their identity to participate and be productive in society. | General Public | Webinar |
| 4 | April 12, 2023 | General Labor Standards / Latest DOLE Issuances | This learning session discusses the DOLE Handbook on Workers’ Statutory Benefits and related issuances. It discusses general labor standards, computation of monetary benefits, compliance with procedures, etc.
Content: Minimum Wage, Holiday / Premium / Overtime Pay, Service Incentive Leaves, and Other important topics |
Business owners/ employers, HR practitioners, legal officers, workers, and bipartite structures like unions and LMCs | Face-to-Face |
| 5 | April 27, 2023 | General Labor Standards / Latest DOLE Issuances | This learning session discusses the DOLE Handbook on Workers’ Statutory Benefits and related issuances. It discusses general labor standards, computation of monetary benefits, compliance with procedures, etc.
Content: Minimum Wage, Holiday / Premium / Overtime Pay, Service Incentive Leaves, and Other important topics |
Business owners/ employers, HR practitioners, legal officers, workers, and bipartite structures like unions and LMCs | Webinar |
| 6 | May 10, 2023 | Engaging Employees in Designing and Implementing Productivity Incentive Schemes | This learning session focuses on developing and implementing productivity incentive schemes through unions, LMCs, or any bipartite body in the workplace. It describes how involving employees in identifying productivity gaps and finding solutions can empower and deepen their engagement and commitment to organizational excellence and goals. | Business owners/ employers, HR practitioners, workers, officers/ members of bipartite structures such as unions, LMCs, and Safety Committees | Webinar |
| 7 | May 31, 2023 (Tentative) | Basic Lean Tools for SMEs | This learning session identifies corresponding measures to reduce and eliminate waste and reconfigure processes. | Business owners/employers, workers, and heads of a production department | Webinar |
| 8 | June 7, 2023 (Tentative) | Handling Administrative Cases | This learning session discusses the process of conducting investigations on administrative cases. The topics include 1) Effective investigation techniques, 2) The Principles of Due Process, 3) Conducting proper investigation and documentation, and 4) The Seven Tests of Just Cause. |
Business owners/ employers, HR practitioners, legal officers, workers, and bipartite structures like unions and LMCs |
Face-to-face |
| 9 | June 21, 2023 | Promoting Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) in the Workplace
(Pride Month Special) |
This learning session discusses how to achieve a balance between gender equality and social inclusion within establishments. Gender Equality is about changing the norms and expectations about female and male roles to encourage balanced power distribution within establishments. Social Inclusion involves improving the ability, opportunity, and dignity of people who are disadvantaged based on their identity to participate and be productive in society. | General Public | Webinar |
| 10 | July 2023 | Employee Engagement | This learning session focuses on employee engagement as an essential aspect of productivity improvement. Employees’ physical and mental well-being needs to be prioritized to be more committed and contribute to the company’s success.
Drivers of employee engagement: Feedback, Leader availability & integrity, psychological safety & rest. |
Business owners/ employers, HR practitioners, workers, officers/ members of bipartite structures such as unions, LMCs, and Family Welfare Committees. | Webinar |
| 11 | July 5, 2023 | Productive Career Choice | This learning session focuses on the importance of a productive career choice and the approaches to making a practical career choice. | General Public (particularly newly graduated students) | Webinar |
| 12 | July 19,2023 | Social Media Marketing | This learning session provides basic knowledge about how to earn online and how to grow your online business. It discusses different online business models and tips for becoming more productive entrepreneurs. |
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Webinar |
| 13 | August 2, 2023 | Post-Employment and Other Related Concerns | This learning session will discuss the following topics: 1) the Concept of Security of Tenure; 2) the Application of termination for regular, casual, and probationary employees; 3) Grounds for termination; and 4) Termination by employer vs. termination vs. employee. | Business owners/ employers, HR practitioners, legal officers, workers, and bipartite structures like unions and LMCs | Face-to-Face |
| 14 | August 16, 2023 | Emergency Preparedness in the Workplace | This learning session focuses on the immediate risk of significant harm to health, life, property, or the environment. Preparing for emergencies is essential to your workplace health and safety program. Common types of emergencies include fires, explosions, medical emergencies, severe weather, etc. | Business owners/employers, HR practitioners, workers, officers/ members of bipartite structures such as Family Welfare Committees | Face-to-Face |
| 15 | September 6, 2023 | DO 174, series of 2017, Guidelines on Contracting and Sub-Contracting | This learning session tackles the guidelines on legitimate contracting and sub-contracting. | Business owners/ employers, HR practitioners, legal officers, workers, and bipartite structures like unions and LMCs | Face-to-Face |
| 16 | October 25, 2023 | The Role of Mental Health in Productivity and Workers’ Engagement | This learning session discusses how an employee’s mental health impacts job satisfaction, productivity, and the organization’s success. It tells how mental health and work-related stress negatively affect employees’ job performance and weakens their engagement and connection with co-workers. | For HR and Company leaders | Webinar |
| 17 | November 15, 2023 | Promoting Productivity through Workplace Bipartite Mechanisms (Series 3 of 3) | This learning session focuses on how existing bipartite mechanisms (e.g., union, LMC) may serve as a venue for productivity discussions and as a vehicle for pursuing productivity improvement and installation of a productivity-based incentive scheme. | Business owners, chairpersons, and members of bipartite mechanisms in the workplace (e.g., union leaders, officers and members of LMC, grievance committee, safety and health committee, family welfare) | Webinar |
| 18 | November 29, 2023 | Trends in Productivity Improvement and Gainsharing Practices in the Private Sector | Discusses the results of a survey on the productivity improvement and gainsharing practices of enterprises with 20 or more workers across all industries and will include awareness and availment of government programs designed to improve worker and enterprise productivity, availment of fiscal incentives under RA 6971 and government assistance needed by enterprises in implementing productivity programs. | Business owners/ employers, HR practitioners, workers, officers/ members of bipartite structures such as unions, LMCs and Safety Committees | Webinar |
| 19 | December 13, 2023 | General Labor Standards / COVID-19 Issuances | This learning session discusses the DOLE Handbook on Workers’ Statutory Benefits and related issuances. It discusses general labor standards, computation of monetary benefits, compliance with procedures, etc.
Content: Minimum Wage, Holiday / Premium / Overtime Pay, Service Incentive Leaves, and Other important topics |
Business owners/ employers, HR practitioners, legal officers, workers, and bipartite structures like unions and LMCs | Face-to-Face |
| 20 | December 27, 2023 | Research Presentation: A Study on Prevailing Wages of Workers in Barangay Micro-Business Enterprises | The study probes into the prevailing wage and wage practices of BMBEs to ascertain the extent of workers’ vulnerability in these enterprises as basis for policy recommendations to reduce, if not, eliminate workers’ vulnerabilities in these enterprises. | Owners and workers of Barangay Micro-Business Enterprises | Webinar |
