Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation (MSEUF) demonstrated institution-wide commitment to SDG 8 (employment practice and labor rights) by combining fair and transparent pay governance with programs that grow employability, entrepreneurship, and safe working environments on and beyond campus. The indicator emphasizes recognizing and upholding labor rights in practice. MSEUF’s recent initiatives show how that mandate translates into daily decisions, services, and partnerships.
On Sept. 4, 2024, HRD held the annual merit pay deliberation for non-teaching personnel for AY 2023–2024 via Zoom, using pre-shared evaluations and an oversight panel to reinforce fairness and accountability in compensation detailing key conditions for workers to assert rights and receive due recognition.
MSEUF also creates practical routes to work and enterprise. The University Arcade reopened on Dec. 6, 2024, with briefing concessionaires on Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises or MSME success through ethical business practices, customer value, and steady income opportunities in a regulated, supportive campus venue. The CBA Stakeholders’ Assembly gathered DOLE, DTI, and Bangko Sentral partners to discuss wage updates, financial literacy, and entrepreneurship, linking students and staff to rights information, livelihood tools, and decent-work agencies.
Across the year, MSEUF expanded employability pipelines with school-to-university career marketing at Cotta National High School and Malusak National High School, presenting programs, scholarships, and application guidance so learners can access training and fair work. In relation to expanding employability pipelines, the Booth Fair 2024 promoted hands-on enterprise and service culture through ASEAN-themed student ventures, highlighting responsible selling and teamwork in a supervised setting.
Faculty development strengthened rights-respecting and growth-oriented industries: CIHTM Dean Dr. Maricel Herrera completed CHED’s SIKAT program on sustainable tourism education, while Dr. Jennifer Reyes became an FBSE in-house trainer, both roles that cascade decent-work standards to learners and partner establishments.
MSEUF also participated in public policy dialogue to uplift achievers and reward merit, joining the Lucena City government’s public hearing on the proposed achievers’ recognition ordinance, an engagement that models social partnership in support of fair, motivating workplaces.
Finally, the University invested in inclusive, safe work-learning environments, running an HRD seminar on neurodiversity to equip personnel with inclusive practices that reduce barriers at work and in class. In which the University supported DSWD’s CSO–Academe Partners Meeting, aligning academic outreach with livelihood, training, and youth development for vulnerable 4Ps families, an equity focus that advances decent work across the community.
Why these actions matter
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Labor rights in practice: Transparent pay deliberations and agency partnerships (DOLE, DTI, BSP) enable workers and future workers to know, exercise, and benefit from their rights.
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Pathways to fair work: Career marketing, supervised student enterprise, and MSME incubation via the University Arcade translate learning into decent livelihoods under clear rules.
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Inclusive participation: Neurodiversity training and CSO collaborations promote dignified access to opportunities, central to decent work for all.
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Sector standards: Faculty credentials in sustainable tourism and service excellence help embed fair, quality-driven employment practices in partner industries.
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