Latest in occupational safetyLabor Secretary Francis Tolentino has directed the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) Occupational Safety and Health office to form its own rescue teams and conduct safety and rescue exercises in commercial establishments and office buildings, starting in Metro Manila, following a…
The 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…
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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