{"id":114464,"date":"2017-08-28T03:40:38","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T07:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=114464"},"modified":"2017-08-28T03:40:38","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T07:40:38","slug":"ilocos-norte-biz-group-opposes-4-day-work-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/28\/ilocos-norte-biz-group-opposes-4-day-work-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Ilocos Norte biz group opposes 4-day work week"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_108432\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-108432\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_0414.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108432\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_0414.jpg\" alt=\"FILE PHOTO\/ Ilocos Norte (PNA photo)\" width=\"300\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_0414.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_0414-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_0414-298x300.jpg 298w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-108432\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE PHOTO\/ Ilocos Norte (PNA photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>LAOAG CITY\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014 The president of Ilocos Norte chapter of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry has opposed the newly-approved Congressional measure allowing a four-day work week by increasing the normal daily work hours.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Congress approved on third and final reading House Bill 6152, a measure seeking to institutionalize a \u201ccompressed work week scheme\u201d where the weekly 48 normal work hours are spent on fewer days.<\/p>\n<p>It was passed with 226 affirmative votes, with no dissents or abstentions.<\/p>\n<p>The flexible work schedule is meant to maximize and enhance employees\u2019 performance.<\/p>\n<p>Ricardo Tolentino, president of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry&#8217;s chapter in Ilocos Norte, has expressed concern that this may have a negative impact on the productivity of small businesses and the local workforce as well.<\/p>\n<p>Tolentino, in an interview on Monday, said he will set a meeting with the local business sector in the province to tackle the issue.<\/p>\n<p>While he acknowledged that the compressed four-day work week could help solve heavy traffic in Metro Manila, Tolentino said it is just a \u201cband-aid solution\u201d to the problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we need is a long-term solution to traffic. Reducing the number of days to work is just a band-aid solution. It is not good for business and the marginalized earners who need to work daily to make ends meet,\u201d he explained. (<em><strong>PNA)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAOAG CITY\u00a0\u2014 The president of Ilocos Norte chapter of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry has opposed the newly-approved &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":108432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[2774,15566],"class_list":["post-114464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-ilocos-norte","tag-philippine-chamber-of-commerce-and-industry","mauthors-leilanie-adriano","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}