Latest in labor inspectionThe Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has only 477 active labor inspectors to cover tens of thousands of establishments across the Philippines, far short of the 1,210 positions in the plantilla, and Labor Secretary Francis Tolentino says even filling all 1,210 slots would still not be…
Ninety-eight percent of Filipino workers and their employers are in micro, small, and medium enterprises rather than large corporations, yet labor inspection and compliance resources of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) have historically been concentrated on big companies, a mismatch…
Labor Secretary Francis Tolentino has laid bare a critical shortage of active labor inspectors at the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), revealing that of 1,210 inspectors across 17 regional offices, only 477 are actually deployed in the field nationwide. Tolentino made the disclosure…
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