8-POINT LABOR AND

EMPLOYMENT
AGENDA
Decent Work for the
Filipino Workforce
 CONTINOUSLY ENHANCE AND TRANSFORM THE DOLE INTO AN
1 EFFICIENT, RESPONSIVE, PURPOSEFUL, AND ACCOUNTABLE
INSTITUTION
KEY STRATEGIES:

• Streamline process and make

frontline services responsive to
people’s needs

PROGRAM:

• One-Stop Shop Center for OFWs

• DOLE 24/7 Hotline
• Response time of within 72 hours

1
for DOLE transactions/processes

2
2 ADDRESS THE PERSISTENT PROBLEMS OF UNEMPLOYMENT
AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT
KEY STRATEGIES:

• More responsive and accessible

human resource development
programs and employment services

EMPLOYMENT FACILITATION PROGRAMS:

• Pubic Employment Service Office

(PESO)

2
• Trabaho, Negosyo, Kabuhayan (TNK)
• Job Fair

3
2 ADDRESS THE PERSISTENT PROBLEMS OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND
UNDEREMPLOYMENT
KEY STRATEGIES:

• Strengthen youth employment

programs and provide training for
faster school-to-work transition

EMPLOYMENT FACILITATION PROGRAMS:

• Special Program for the

Employment of Students (SPES)
• Government Internship Program

2
(GIP)
• JobStart

4
3 ENSURE FULL RESPECT OF LABOR STANDARDS AND THE
FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES AND RIGHTS AT WORK
KEY STRATEGIES:

• Protect and respect workers’ rights

and welfare
• Ensure compliance to labor law
standards
EMPLOYMENT PRESERVATION AND
REGULATION PROGRAMS:

• Labor Laws Compliance System

(LLCS)

3
• Speedy and Efficient Delivery of
Labor Justice (SpeED)
• Single Entry Approach (SEnA)

5
3 ENSURE FULL RESPECT OF LABOR STANDARDS AND THE
FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES AND RIGHTS AT WORK
KEY STRATEGIES:

• Protect and respect workers’ rights

and welfare
• Ensure compliance to labor law
standards
EMPLOYMENT PRESERVATION AND
REGULATION PROGRAMS:
• Tripartism and Social Dialogue
• Voluntary Codes of Good Practice

3
• Workers’ Organization Development
Program (WODP)
• Labor and Employment Education
Services (LEES)

6
4 CONTINUOUSLY STRENGTHEN PROTECTION AND SECURITY OF
OUR OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS
KEY STRATEGIES:

• Protect and promote welfare of

OWFs

WORKERS PROTECTION AND WELFARE

PROGRAMS:
• Onsite programs and services
• Documentation of OFWs
• Assistance to Illegal Recruitment
and Trafficking- in-Persons

4
• Reintegration Services

7
5 BRING MORE FOCUS AND ACCESSIBILITY IN WORKERS’
PROTECTION AND WELFARE PROGRAMS
KEY STRATEGIES:

• Protect workers from poverty and

vulnerability
WORKERS PROTECTION AND WELFARE
PROGRAMS:

• DOLE Integrated Livelihood Program

• Emergency Employment Program
• Adjustment Measures Program

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 ACHIEVE SOUND, DYNAMIC, AND STABLE INDUSTRIAL PEACE WITH

6 FREE AND DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION OF WORKERS AND

EMPLOYERS IN POLICY AND DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES
AFFECTING THEM
KEY STRATEGIES:

• Ensure an active, functional, and

mutually beneficial social
partnership between workers and
employers
• Develop means to enhance
collective bargaining
• Reconstitute tripartite bodies for
tripartism and social dialogue

6 9
 HAVE A LABOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION SYSTEM THAT ENSURES
7 JUST, SIMPLIFIED, AND EXPEDITIOUS RESOLUTION OF ALL
LABOR DISPUTES
KEY STRATEGIES:

• Simplify adversarial process in labor

dispute resolution
• Review the various rules of
procedure
• Rationalize the stages of dispute
resolution

7 10
8 HAVE RESPONSIVE, ENABLING, AND EQUITABLE LABOR
POLICIES, LAWS, AND REGULATIONS
KEY STRATEGIES:

• Stand for balance in employee-

employer relationships
• Support the creation of decent work
opportunities
• Recognize the right of workers to
participate in policy and decision
making processes directly affecting
them

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8-POINT LABOR AND
EMPLOYMENT
AGENDA
Decent Work for the
Filipino Workforce

end of
presentation