The Department of Labor and Employment conducted on April 1, 2011 at the Bayview Hotel a Multi-Partite Consultation Workshop in preparation of the National Summit on Labor and Employment this April 27. The consultation workshop was participated by trade union leaders, informal sector leaders, private sector and the plus sector (NGO, civil society organizations, academe, etc) The activity revealed that stakeholders and DOLE are almost done in the drafting of the Labor and Employment Agenda 2011-2016 and forging the Philippine Jobs Pact in a consultative process.
The said activity aimed to mainstream the concerns and suggestions of the social partners and other stakeholders in the Labor and Employment agenda and to general key sectoral positions or recommendations that form part of the agenda. It is recalled that the Department of Labor conducted series of island-wide and sectoral consultations last October to November with its social partners. As an initial result, relevant issues and priority issues were gathered, forming part of the DOLE inputs submitted for adoption in the Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2011-2016.
Susanita Tesiorna participated to it and recalled that she also participated in the national workshop held in St. Benilde, La Salle. She reports that she is very hopeful that concerns of the informal sector are being mainstreamed to the PDP 2011-2016.
According to the introductory chapter of the Labor and Employment Agenda, it seeks the attainment of the over-all macroeconomic goals set forth in the Philippine Development Plan 2011-2016, particularly the goal of inclusive growth. Through this Agenda, labor and employment stakeholders recognizes that inclusive growth will only occur by underscoring the need for decent for all Filipino workers, thereby, achieving the country's Millenium Development Goal on eradicating extreme poverty and hunger by achieving full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people.
Further, in the introductory chapter, it is said that the Labor and Employment Agenda is anchored on the President's social contract with the Filipino people and inspired by his vision of a transformed, just and righteous Philippines.
Hon. Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz stayed the whole day to personally supervise the activity which was then divided into workshop groups (workers, employers and Plus organizations) to review, comment and enhance the draft Agenda of March 22, 2011.
Tesiorna made significant enhancement to the draft by proposing and to mention some :
a) Chapter 3 : Pillar 1 : Rights At Work
a.1 harmonization of national legislations .
a.2 Adminsitrative Order to strengthen PESO for enterprise development and other interventions for the
workers in the informal economy
a.3 proposed that since upscaling of micro-enterprises is placed as one strategy, the Community Based
Training for Enterprise Development (CBTED) be integrated with all DOLE livelihood and
enterprise development programs/projects.
a.4 Amendment to Labor Code to strengthen the rights of non-regular workers and WIE workers to
self-organization and negotiated agreement
a.5 that the legislation of MACWIE be included under focused reforms in the agenda
a.6 that the ratification of ILO Convention 177 on Industrial Homeworkers be pursued
a.7 new Administrative Order to implement DO-18 and DO 5 on Industrial Homework
b) Chapter III: Pillar 2 : Employment
b.1 Review of COA Circular No. 1 to make it effective to non-corporate construction workers to be
able to bid projects of less than P500,000.00 with the local government
b.2 Assist local government units in implementing RA 9003 specifically on product development from
recyclable waste materials
To be continued in the next blog.....
Susanita Tesiorna participated to it and recalled that she also participated in the national workshop held in St. Benilde, La Salle. She reports that she is very hopeful that concerns of the informal sector are being mainstreamed to the PDP 2011-2016.
According to the introductory chapter of the Labor and Employment Agenda, it seeks the attainment of the over-all macroeconomic goals set forth in the Philippine Development Plan 2011-2016, particularly the goal of inclusive growth. Through this Agenda, labor and employment stakeholders recognizes that inclusive growth will only occur by underscoring the need for decent for all Filipino workers, thereby, achieving the country's Millenium Development Goal on eradicating extreme poverty and hunger by achieving full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people.
Further, in the introductory chapter, it is said that the Labor and Employment Agenda is anchored on the President's social contract with the Filipino people and inspired by his vision of a transformed, just and righteous Philippines.
Hon. Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz stayed the whole day to personally supervise the activity which was then divided into workshop groups (workers, employers and Plus organizations) to review, comment and enhance the draft Agenda of March 22, 2011.
Tesiorna made significant enhancement to the draft by proposing and to mention some :
a) Chapter 3 : Pillar 1 : Rights At Work
a.1 harmonization of national legislations .
a.2 Adminsitrative Order to strengthen PESO for enterprise development and other interventions for the
workers in the informal economy
a.3 proposed that since upscaling of micro-enterprises is placed as one strategy, the Community Based
Training for Enterprise Development (CBTED) be integrated with all DOLE livelihood and
enterprise development programs/projects.
a.4 Amendment to Labor Code to strengthen the rights of non-regular workers and WIE workers to
self-organization and negotiated agreement
a.5 that the legislation of MACWIE be included under focused reforms in the agenda
a.6 that the ratification of ILO Convention 177 on Industrial Homeworkers be pursued
a.7 new Administrative Order to implement DO-18 and DO 5 on Industrial Homework
b) Chapter III: Pillar 2 : Employment
b.1 Review of COA Circular No. 1 to make it effective to non-corporate construction workers to be
able to bid projects of less than P500,000.00 with the local government
b.2 Assist local government units in implementing RA 9003 specifically on product development from
recyclable waste materials
To be continued in the next blog.....
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