In the quest to address its labor shortages, Poland has found a valuable ally in the Philippines. The Philippines is aptly positioned to become Poland's number one workforce solution. Poland-Philippines Labor Migration Agreement Both countries entered a bilateral labor migration agreement to facilitate Filipino workers' legal recruitment and employment in Poland. This agreement streamlined the process, allowing recruitment agencies and employers in Poland to hire Filipino workers for specific job categories in sectors facing labor shortages, including healthcare, construction, and domestic work. Economic Impact and Benefits Filipino workers have made significant contributions to Poland's economy. They fill critical labor shortages, particularly in sectors such as healthcare and construction, and support economic growth. The remittances sent back by these Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) contribute to Poland's income, boosting consumption and investment. Skills Transfer Beyond addressing immediate labor shortages, this migration facilitates skills transfer. Filipino workers often acquire valuable skills and experience abroad, which they can bring back to Poland. This “brain gain” supports innovation and competitiveness in various sectors. Integration and Social Exchange The presence of Filipino workers in Poland has led to cultural exchange and diversity, enriching the country's social fabric. While integration challenges exist, both governments have worked to promote social cohesion and ensure fair treatment of migrant workers. https://greatwaysmanpower.com/employers-corner/poland/

Recently, the demand for Filipino workers has picked up, especially in the US, UK, and the Middle East. These countries have been looking for the best manpower agencies to source out for these best people to work with. Here are a few reasons why Filipinos are the ideal workers to hire abroad. 1. Filipinos are proficient in English In 2019, data showed that 70% of our population is proficient in English. In 2020, the Philippines ranked number 2 among all Asian countries that can speak fluent English and ranks at the 27th spot worldwide. 2. Filipinos are happy people to work with Optimism is their best weapon against any challenging situation. The Philippines ranks 61st happiest country among 149 countries based on an annual survey that measures people's level of happiness around the world. They have a very positive mindset which helps them gain a resilient attitude toward work. 3. Filipinos are highly skilled and trainable Filipinos can learn quickly on their own feet and adapt to any working environment. They have rich experiences that help them hone their skills in different fields. They are highly trainable and can do any task, even in a short amount of time. 4. Filipinos are hardworking individuals There's only one reason why Filipinos are so adamant with the idea of working abroad: family. Filipinos are primarily working to provide for their families. This is one of the reasons why Filipinos are willing to work even for extended hours. Their loved ones bring out the best in them, and no other motivation can top that. Earning for their loved ones' back home is the most rewarding wage for any given job. There is no doubt that Filipinos can exceed the expectations of employers abroad looking for the best skilled workers. https://greatwaysmanpower.com/ofw-news/ofw-helpful-guides/why-filipinos-are-the-best-skilled-workers-to-hire-abroad/ Are you looking to hire Filipino workers for your business abroad? Greatways Manpower International, Inc. is here to help you find the best and most qualified Filipino workers you've been looking for. Partner With Us Now!

What is Workers Compensation? Workers' compensation is a state-mandated program that provides benefits to employees who suffer job-related injuries or illnesses. It also protects employers by limiting their liability and preventing employees from suing them over workplace injuries. History of Workers Compensation Law in New York The origins of workers compensation law New York date back to the early 20th century. The state passed its first law in 1914, following a series of industrial accidents that highlighted the need for better worker protection. Over the years, the law has evolved to address changing workplace conditions and to incorporate new safety standards. Types of Benefits Provided Workers' compensation benefits in New York include several types of support: Wage Replacement: Compensation for a portion of lost wages due to the inability to work. Permanent Disability Benefits: For workers who suffer permanent impairments. Death Benefits: Payments to dependents of workers who die from job-related injuries. Filing a Workers Compensation Claim The process for filing a workers' compensation claim in New York involves several steps: Report the Injury: Employees must notify their employer about the injury as soon as possible, ideally within 30 days. Seek Medical Attention: Immediate medical care is essential. Ensure the healthcare provider is authorized by the New York Workers' Compensation Board. Employer Responsibilities Insurance: Maintain workers' compensation insurance or be authorized to self-insure. Posting Requirements: Display information about workers' compensation coverage in a conspicuous location. Accurate Reporting: Report all workplace injuries and illnesses to the Workers' Compensation Board promptly. Common Challenges in Workers' Compensation Claims Despite the protections offered, there are common challenges in the workers' compensation process: Delays in Benefits: Workers may experience delays in receiving their benefits. Disputes: Disagreements between employers and employees about the severity of the injury or the necessity of medical treatment. Legal Requirements for Employers Employers must adhere to specific legal requirements to comply with New York workers' compensation law: Coverage: Ensure all eligible employees are covered by workers' compensation insurance. Training: Provide training to employees about their rights and responsibilities under the workers' compensation system. Request a Hearing: File a request for a hearing with the Workers' Compensation Board. Legal Representation: Consider hiring an attorney who specializes in cases. MLaw Firm's Role in Workers' Compensation Cases MLaw Firm specializes in handling workers compensation cases in New York. With extensive experience, they help injured workers navigate the complexities of the workers' compensation system, ensuring they receive the benefits they deserve. From filing claims to appealing denials, MLaw Firm provides comprehensive legal support.

Labour Day celebrates the achievements of workers and the labor movement. It honors their contributions to society and advocates for workers' rights and fair labor practices.

It was September 15th midnight when I started having a severe toothache. I couldn't sleep a wink that night and waited for morning to get an appointment with my dentist. I took an appointment for the next day. After all the formalities of COVID-19 tests the receptionist let me inside the clinic. “Looks like you need a root canal.” My dentist said with real concern and asked me to come the next day for the procedure. I was left with no choice other than going for the procedure because my tooth ache was unbearable. Unfortunately, in all this back and forth to the dentist's office somewhere I contracted COVID-19. Even though I didn't have any underlying health issues, my health condition became very critical because of COVID-19. I was admitted to the hospital. My breathing was very difficult and I was put on a ventilator. At home I had my husband and two young children who were too small to take care of themselves. But I was in such a critical condition that my kids well being was of little concern to me. All I could think about was to get a sniff of air in my lungs. My chest was burning and the roof of my mouth was on fire from struggling to inhale air. After the doctors intubated me, breathing became a little easier but I still had too much pain in my chest and stomach. My legs were sore and I had severe pain in my neck and shoulder. I was bedridden with a feeding and breathing tube inserted down my throat all the time. My husband was not allowed to visit and so were my children. Right next to my bed were two other beds occupied with mother and daughter suffering from COVID-19. My own pain was unbearable, but when I saw the trauma and pain that the mother and daughter were going through, I couldn't complain. Mother was around eighty-five years old and her daughter was twenty-five. No other family member was allowed but I was a bit happy that the old mother had someone by her bedside. Just the thought that your loved one is by your side when you are going through a miserable health problem is a big relief in itself. I, on the other hand, was lying on my bed and struggling for my life and the air felt so desperate to have a family member by my side. This trauma had made me believe in the strong will power of our survival and existence and above all the faith in health care workers. The nurse in our ward was a god-sent angel. It's because of her that I came back home to my husband and children after recovery. When I had lost all hope and was struggling for life and air, nurse Jenna held my hand, giving me strength to awaken my inner desire for survival. My sugar level went so low to a point that my whole body was convulsing, I was trying to take a mouthful gulp of air but it wouldn't make it to my lungs. I wanted to get all the tubes out from my body and scream for help, but sometimes desperation just vanishes in the cry of others' misery. Within a week the elderly mom couldn't take it anymore. She passed away leaving her daughter alone. I could see the pain of loss in her daughter's eyes. The numbness in the eyes of the daughter was palpable. At that moment she won't let go off her dead mother's hand. I felt so sorry; at the same time life looked so meaningless to me. Why do we have children; why do we raise them; why do we love our parents with all our hearts? I couldn't get answers to any of these questions. I was lost in the pain, agony, and misery of that daughter. Only one thing I was sure of was that I will have to live. At that time, the only thought that crossed my mind was the faces of my both daughters. What if I will die? My daughters can't take this shock; they are too small to understand any of this. For A few hours, when I was struggling for a whiff of air, I just wanted to die. I did not want to end my life struggling for air, with my lungs burning and my heart sinking. Momentarily I had already lost my life, but the sight of that grieving daughter brought me to my senses. I had the greatest desire to fight off COVID and survive. If not for myself then for my daughters. Nothing is more important to a child than her mother by her side in good and bad, low and high. For the next couple of days, I tried to fight all my negativity with every ounce of energy I had left in my body. I made a promise to myself to return to my daughters who are constantly waiting and praying for me. The nurses and health care workers were constantly working and wearing themselves out— the selfless act of humanity was right there in front of my eyes. All the sick patients who had not one family member by their bedside were loved equally by these angels in the form of nurses and doctors. I recovered enough and tested negative to go back home to unite with my family. My spirit is high and I am full of gratitude towards every single person who is serving in the health care sector. We can't thank them enough.

I remember like it was yesterday. It was a peaceful snowy evening. I've always liked snow. It makes everything more beautiful. It's like a natural make up, makes the city more beautiful ,simple and elegant. I was enjoying my coffee and the view. Everything was in a white dress. The sound of fireplace ,the slowly burning woods.. Everything was peacefull. It was nothing special but enjoyable. I'm a medical doctor, an ob/gyn resident. So my work day is always full of action and adrenaline. When i come home, i just need some peace and quiet to recharge and be ready for the next day. That evening after enjoying my coffee, i checked the internet like everyone else. Then i saw the videos from China, people were literally lying on the hospital floors. It was horrible. I rushed to show it to my parents. The country i live in, the culture is different. Single women are expected to live with their parents. If we don't do this, our parents feel strongly offended. My dad is 73 years old and my mom is 65; so i was helping them and i liked staying close to them as they age. I know i may sound like Howard from The Big Bang Theory. But i live in Turkey and it isn't like Europe or US. It's like Matrix. Staying with parents until the marriage is the normal in my country. My parents ,like me and like many were shocked seeing the videos. But we didn't think it would change our lives this much.Nobody did, right? I wouldn't imagine the world would shutdown soon. One disease, out of nowhere, a little tiny virus changed us all. I thought the virus would stay in China and felt sad for them. Well it didn't. It travelled to Europe. We saw what happened in Italy as well. At that point we knew it would come to us too. At first as an obstetrics resident, i thought i wouldn't see many covid patients. Our patients were mainly pregnant ladies and newborns ;so society and our hospital tried to protect them. Then of course as the disease spread no speciality left. Every resident from the hospital were taken to covid units. My new workplace was covid unit in the emergency room. When i learned this, i was super worried about my parents. Especially my father who was 73 years old and had hypertension. I was terrified i would carry the disease from hospital to home. There was no way i could stay at home. All of a sudden i was homeless. Of course government arranged places to stay for people like me but my lovely friends offered their house to me. So i moved to my friends' house. All of us were working in the hospital so it was like a covid house. I will be forever grateful to them. My parents were worried about me. Because i had cancer in the past. But i didn't tell this to my hospital because i wanted to work. I wanted to help the other healthcare professionals when they need every doctor's help. I had cancer and chemotherapy 6 years ago. It's not like i was newly diagnosed. After 5 years some consider i beat the the disease completely. Nevertheless i'm used to the idea of not living too long. I'm trying to work for people and try to do my best while i'm still around. When i work for people, i feel like my life isn't wasted. Also after 6 years , i dare to hope that i may live longer as well. After moving to my friends' house , i was no longer worried about my parents. It was such a huge relief. I would blame myself forever if i carried the disease to my loved ones and they were in the risk group. In the hospital we were protected with equipment. After going to few shift we got used to it. I was working in the ER covid-19 area. So people would come to us first. Everyone was confused and worried. We were doing what infectious disease told us to do. We learned some chest tomography at least the covid images. We did everything we could do. It was really motivating for us to hear all the cheer people make from homes to the healthcare workers. In the end we were only doing our jobs but being appreciated was touching. Maybe i'm overly dramatic about it but i was really happy to hear that cheers. Maybe being in my country has its cultural differences but i know every healthcare worker worried for their loved ones at home, more than they worried for themselves, like me. I know every healthcare worker felt happy when they heard the cheers in the thank hour. These feelings were beyond cultures. Time passed and now we're slowly normalizing, we turned back to our ob/gyn patients already. But i will never forget that my dear friends opened their house for me. and i will never forget people cheered for us. I will never forget how a little tiny virus could change so many lives. The life we know could change completely in a heartbeat. But we can adapt to new normal fast and we will always receive support from other when we need so i don't afraid of these changes. I hope humanity would never have to live something like that again and we can turn back to our lives when the only thing upset us was the ending of GOT.

They devoted their lives, may they rest in peace. We are continuing this fight against coronavirus! (Based on list on Medscape. Please contact us for corrections.) 1. Isaac Abadi, MD, 84, Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Miami, Florida 2. Ashraf Abdo, 60, General Practitioner, New York City 3. John Abruzzo, 62, Registered Nurse, Huntington, New York 4. Divinia "Debbie" Accad, 72, Registered Nurse, Detroit, Michigan 5. Lori Alioa, 56,Healthcare Social Worker, Ann Arbor, Michigan 6. Larrice Anderson, 46, Nurse, New Orleans, Louisiana 7. Madhvi Aya, 61, Physician Assistant, Emergency Medicine, Brooklyn, New York 8. Earl Bailey, 45, Registered Nurse, Broward County, Florida 9. Jeffrey Baumbach, 57, Resident Nurse, Stockton, California 10. Andres Benitez, age unknown, Food and Nutrition Services, Teaneck, New Jersey 11. Araceli Buendia Ilagan, 63, ICU Nurse, Miami, Florida 12. Patrick Cain, 50, ICU Nurse, Flint, Michigan 13. Luis Caldera-Nieves, 63, Ob/Gyn, Miami, Florida 14. Ricardo Castaneda, 64, Psychiatrist, New York City 15. Rosary Celaya Castro-Olega, 63, Registered Nurse, Los Angeles, California 16. John Cofrancesco, 52, Nursing Home Administrator, New Jersey 17. Jeannie Danker, 60, Radiology, Columbus, Ohio 18. Daisy Doronila, age unknown, Nurse, Kearny, New Jersey 19. Raul D. Eslao, 53, Registered Nurse, Westland, Michigan 20. Lisa Ewald, 54, Nurse, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan 21. Jessie Ferreras, 55, Primary Care Physician, Waldwick, New Jersey 22. Chris Firlit, 37, PGY6 Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery, Detroit, Michigan 23. Clair Marie Fuqua, 28, Receptionist, Pediatrics, Pineville, Louisiana 24. Frank Gabrin, 60, Emergency Medicine Physician, New York City 25. James T. Goodrich, 73, Neurosurgeon, New York City 26. Kevin Graiani, 56, Nurse Practitioner,Garnerville, New York 27. Ali Dennis Guillermo, 44, ICU Registered Nurse, Patchogue, New York 28. Alexander Gusev, 57,Medical Technician, Reno, Nevada 29. Rose Harrison, Long-term Care Nurse, Hamilton, Alabama 30. Douglas Linn Hickok (US Army Capt), 57, Physician Assistant, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania 31. James House, 40, Registered Nurse, Detroit, Michigan 32. Alex Hsu, 67, Internal Medicine, Margate, Florida 33. Aleyamma John, 65, Registered Nurse, New York City 34. Kious Kelly, 48, ER Nurse, New York City 35. Kim King-Smith, 53, EKG Technician, Newark, New Jersey 36. Theresa Lococo, 68, Pediatric Nurse, Brooklyn, New York 37. Christopher David Matus, 46,Medical Examiner Investigator, Swartz Creek, Michigan 38. Rabbi Yaakov Meltzer, 60, Physician Assistant, Brooklyn, New York 39. Cynthia "Chi" Mendoza, 68,Retired Nurse and Hospital Volunteer, Norfolk, Virginia 40. William "Bill" Murdock, 63, MRI Technologist, Miami, Florida 41. John F. Murray, 92, Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician, San Francisco, California 42. Freda Ocran, 50, Psychiatric Nurse, New York City 43. Natasha Ott, 39, Social Worker, New Orleans, Louisiana 44. Tomas Pattugalan, 70, Internal Medicine Physician, Queens, New York 45. Mark Respler, 66, Urologist, Brooklyn, New York 46. Victor C. Rivera, 77, Pediatrician,Langhorne, Pennsylvania 47. Charlie Safley, 78, Dermatologist, Memphis, Tennessee 48. Peter Sakas, 67, Veterinarian, Northbrook, Illinois 49. Elliott Samet, 69, Pediatrician,Passaic, New Jersey 50. Stephen Schwartz, 78, Pathologist, Seattle, Washington 51. Noel Sinkiat, 64, Registered Nurse, Washington, DC 52. Israel Tolentino, 33, Emergency Medical Technician, Passaic, New Jersey 53. Jesus Villaluz, 75, Patient Transport Services, Teaneck, New Jersey 54. Diedre Wilkes, 42, Mammogram Technician, Newnan, Georgia 55. Judy Wilson-Griffin, Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialis, St. Louis, Missouri 56. David Wolin, 74, Radiologist, Piermont, New York

When I was younger, I felt like I needed everything.. and everything needed to be extraordinary. I had so many lives in mind for myself, I could never choose which one I wanted. "Greatness" was such a selective thing to me back then.. It would be a lifetime before I realized that there are too many kinds of greatness for me to be able to explain what "greatness" meant to me. There, I had found my talent. My ability to see the greatness in all things. My passion to bring greatness out of a story, even if it wasn't mine. My love for finding greatness in what I never knew could be. It is in this life, I get to live through many different eyes, through many different stories. Through success and mediocrity. Through both sorrow and accomplishment. It is in this life that I became part of something much bigger than myself. It is in this life that I live extraordinarily.