SEPTEMBER 2020

he NWPC opened the biennial National ProductivityConference last September 3 and will run everyThursday until November 5 in a webinar seriesformat to comply with health and quarantinemeasures.Thursday

The NPC is one of NWPC’s and RTWPB’sadvocacy strategies and platforms to discuss eventsand developments that affect the country’sproductivity and competitiveness. For the month ofSeptember, additional sessions have beenorganized.

Automating Workplaces in a Better Normal

Following the first session on the country's recoveryplan presented by NEDA Undersecretary RosemarieEdillon, is the topic on automating workplacesdelivered by DTI Undersecretary Raphaelita Aldabaon September 10.

National Productivity Conference goes virtualwith more sessions this September

T This year’s Conference is themed “DrivingProductivity in a Better Normal” to focus discussions onthe most important issue affecting the world of work, whichis the COVID pandemic.

Specifically, the topics will focus on countryresponses and firm level practices to address theimpact of COVID-19 from mitigation to recovery. Local and foreign experts foreign were invited asresource persons to this nine-part webinar series,

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NWPC conferred the PRIME-HRM Bronze Award

Systems, Practices, and Competencies of thefollowing four (4) core HRM Systems:Recruitment, Selection and Placement,Performance Management, Learning andDevelopment, and Rewards and Recognition. Itwas also found to be consistently compliant withthe Civil Service Law and rules in terms of theimplementation of the other HR programs andthe maintenance of HR Records.

The NWPC was conferred with the prestigiousPRIME-HRM Bronze Award for having metLevelLevel 2 – Maturity indicators in all of the four (4) core

HRM systems.

The results of the onsite assessment by the CSCNCR at the NWPC on November 29 and December3, 2018 showed that the said agency has met thePRIME-HRM Level 2 – Maturity Indicators in theSystems continue to page 3

new normal but more importantly bounce back withgreater resilience and efficiency to realizeproductivity growth.

In closing, Dr. Paringit said that "technologies canonly be successful if people would use it , keepingan open mind about using these systems and tools to serve our purpose."

Future of Work in a Healthierand More Resilient Environment

Mr. Hideki Kagohashi, Enterprise DevelopmentSpecialist at ILO-Manila discussed the impact ofthe pandemic on the world of work, the continuingchallenges amid the battle to contain it and countryresponses to ensure that the future of work isdecent, safer, healthier, and more resilient to unlockand enable productivity of workers and enterprises.

In his presentation, he said that "COVID-19 is acatalyst to reinvent the future of work and createopportunities for companies to look at thingsdifferently."

The pandemic, he added, has brought the futureof work much faster than people thought and thatmost of the recommendations of the future of workremain valid in the context of new normal.

During the open forum, Mr. Kagohashi was askedabout the the new key performance indicators thatprivate companies should look at during and afterthe pandemic. He replied that the public healthauthorities and the labor and employmentdepartment should sit together to discuss andmonitor the right key performance indicators. "Wecannot just talk about the typical labor marketindicators," Mr. Kagohasi emphasized.

Undersecretary Aldaba talked about the rise ofautomation and artificial intelligence (AI) in the countryand how it would affect industries during and after theCOVID-19 pandemic and the government's strategicplan, key initiatives and milestones needed to realizethe country's goal for adopting AI.

Technology-Enabled Solutions: Mitigation to Recovery

The third session of this webinar series was on thetopic "Technology-Enabled Solutions: Mitigation toRecovery" with Executive Director Enrico C. Paringit ofthe Philippine Council for Industry, Energy andEmerging Technology Research and Development(DOST-PCIEERD) as resource person.

Executive Director Paringit discussed informationtechnology-based solutions for mitigating disasters,like the COVID-19 pandemic. He talked about thetechnologies that businesses adopt to drive productionor service delivery targets amid disruption. Movingforward, more enterprises will innovate, automateprocesses and adopt breakthrough technologies not only to meet health and safety requirements of the

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he Regional Tripartite Wage and Productivity Board-National Capital Region organized a webinarentitledentitled “e-Kapihan Session on Creating Fit-for-Purpose

Compensation Packages in the Time of Covid 19” onSeptember 16, 2020 via Zoom. The session was allabout how well-designed and balanced compensationschemes can be used to leverage employeeperformance, retention, and loyalty.

Mr. Bienvenido Geronimo C. Puyat Jr. - President andGeneral Manager, Ms. Ma. Carmencia C. Puyat - Vice-President, Mr. Arsenio (Bubot) V. Vidad, Jr.- SeniorSupervisor (Human Resource) and Mr. Vivencio (Vhen)Marasigan - Senior Supervisor for Quality andEnvironmental Management System of Thousand OaksPackaging Corporation (TOPC) discussed theircompany’s pay and benefit package.

Meanwhile, RTWPB-CALABARZON conducted an e-Kapihan Session with a tagline: “Anong DiskartengAyuda

Mo?" on September 14, 2020 via Zoom. The sessionserved as a knowledge-sharing platform on designingor re-designing compensation packages that supportemployment preservation amidst disruption.

Engr. Jaie Ador, CEO of 3D Container andPackaging Philippines Corp and 2019 ProductivityOlympics National Winner and Mr. Harley DaveBeltran, CEO of Handcrafted by Harl's and 2019Productivity Olympics National Finalist served asresource speakers.

In Bicol, RTWPB-V conducted the same session onSeptember 04, 2020 via Zoom with guest speakerswere Ms. Mary Anne Brotamante, HRMO of MedicalMission Group- Hospital and Health ServicesCooperative, also a Regional Winner of the 2019Productivity Olympics, and Ms. Charisma Lascota,President of JMH Microfinance, Inc. and 2019Productivity

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R TWPB-XII conducted a webinar on Work-LifeBalance: Productive Work from Home onSeptemberSeptember 16, 2020 via Zoom.

The aim of the webinar is to help participants identifyways to achieve a balanced work-life during thelockdown and learn tips on how to be productive whileworking from home. It also discussed work from homehacks, online security tips, and employee engagement inesource

a work-from-home arrangement with Board SecretaryJessie dela Cruz as resource person.

Work Life Balance is an introductory module designedto understand the factors for an effective work-lifebalance and the importance of labor and managementpartnership towards a successful WLB program, which,in turn, is key to motivating work performance.

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Productivity Olympics National Winner.

RTWPB-VI’s session was held on September 09, 2020via Zoom with Ms. Carmela Abellar, Officer in-charge ofDOLE Aklan Field Office, Mr. Lendie P. Catubig, HRManager of Henann Group of Resorts, and Ms. Elena P.Brugger, President of The Philippine Chamber ofCommerce and Industry in Boracay as resource speakers.

In SOCCSKSARGEN, RTWPB-XII’s session onSeptember 14, 2020 via Zoom featured Director Arlen R.Bisnon, Head of DOLE South Cotabato Field Office asguest speaker who formally opened the session.

Meanwhile, invited resource speakers, Ms. LucilaZingapan of Sueno Group of Companies and Ms.Rhea Plaza of Dr. Alfreds Essentials, Inc. shared andpresented their unique benefits packages in time ofpandemic. Both were regional winners of the 2019Productivity Olympics and became national finalists.

Participants of the regional e-kapihan sessions wereoriented on strategies in mitigating the impact ofCOVID-19 on employees such as by rewardingemployees’ performance, and by crafting pay andbenefit packages to address the needs of workersduring the COVID pandemic.

he NWPC welcomes Attorney HencyTanbengco, as the new Attorney IV of theReviewsReview, Appeals and Legal Division (RALD).

T Atty. Tanbengco came from the NationalEconomic and Development Authority (NEDA).

NWPC welcomes new Attorney

PRIME-HRM aims to successfully transform theagencies’ HRM systems, competencies, and practices toelevate public sector HR to a level of excellence for goodgovernance and for efficient and effective public servicedelivery.

Among the organization’s perks under the PRIME – HRMLevel II are the following: 1) authority to approveappointments, subject to post audit; 2) 20% discount onHRMO

HRMO or agency representative on trainings andconferences conducted by the Civil Service Institute;3) endorsement or recommendation for scholarshipgrants offered by other institutions; 4) nomination toCSC's certification program for HRMOs subject to theguidelines to be issued by the Commission; 5)exclusive membership to community of learners; and6) announcement of NWPC's programs and projectsbureau-wide through the CSC website.

he NWPC launched its Youtube channel onAugust 27, 2020. It initially featured its learning

sessions and National Productivity Conference(NPC) webinar sessions.

“We will continue to maximize our social mediapresence to reach our clients in the most efficientand effective manner given the quarantine and

T distancing health measures during the pandemic,” Executive Director Maria Criselda Sysaid.

The channel will replay NPC webinar sessions held via Zoom and Facebook Live. As ofSeptember 14, the channel has had 308subscribers.

NWPC now on YouTube

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