LA CONSOLACION UNIVERSITY PHILIPPINES

(Formerly University of Regina Carmeli)

Malolos City, Bulacan
GRADUATE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

INDIVIDUAL REPORT

In Partial Fulfillment

of the Requirements in EDUC 216

CRISIS MANAGEMENT
1st Trimester S. Y. 2019-2020

Submitted by:

SANTIAGO, EARON REAN C.

Submitted to:

ELVIRA DE GUZMAN, PhD.

September, 2019
 EDUC 216

CRISIS MANAGEMENT

The Department of Labor and Employment

Earon Rean C. Santiago

Master of Arts in Education Major in Educational Management

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is the national government

agency mandated to formulate policies, implement programs, and serve as the policy-

coordinating arm of the Executive Branch in the field of labor and employment. The

DOLE promotes gainful employment opportunities and optimizes the development and

utilization of the country’s manpower resources.

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) logo exhibits the red, white,

and blue colors of the Philippine flag. The three

yellow stars stand for Luzon, Visayas, and

Mindanao. The three points of the triangular

shape represent the Department’s three major

partners/stakeholders – labor, management,

and government.

Legal Basis

 Act No. 1868 (June 18, 1908) established the Bureau of Labor (BOL) under the

Department of Commerce and Police to regulate and provide information on the

labor force and market, and to settle disputes between labor and employers.

 Republic Act No. 4121 (December 8, 1933) established the Department of Labor

(DOL).

 Reorganization Plan 20-A (June 1957) authorized a major revamp of the DOL,

delineating staff and line functions and decentralizing DOL operations to regional

offices.

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  Presidential Decree No. 422 (May 1, 1974), Labor Code of the Philippines,

revised and consolidated labor and social laws to protect labor, promote

employment and human resources development, and insure industrial peace.

 Executive Order No. 591 (May 1, 1980) instituted certain critical changes in the

organizational structure of the DOL, called Ministry of Labor (in view of the

parliamentary form of government), renaming it to Ministry of Labor and

Employment (MOLE).

 Executive Order No. 126 (January 31, 1987), as amended, reorganized the

MOLE, by then called Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) due to

change in government to presidential form.

Mandate

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) promotes gainful

employment opportunities and optimizes the development and utilization of the

country’s manpower resources; advances the welfare of workers by providing just and

humane conditions and terms of employment; and maintains industrial peace by

promoting harmonious, equitable, and stable employment relations. It has exclusive

authority in the administration and enforcement of labor and employment laws.

History

The Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) was founded on December 7,

1933 via the Act No. 4121 by the Philippine Legislature. It was renamed as Ministry of

Labor and Employment in 1978. The agency was renamed as a Department after the

1986 EDSA Revolution in 1986.

List of Secretaries of Labor and Employment

# Name Term Began Term Ended President

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 Secretary of Labor

1 Ramon Torres December 8, November 15, Insular Government

1933 1935 (American
occupation)

2 Jose Avelino November 15, November 1938 Manuel L. Quezon

1935

3 Hermenegildo December 1938 April 1939

Villanueva

4 Sotero Baluyut April 1939 1940

5 Leon Guinto 1940 December 1941

Secretary of National Defense, Public Works, Communications and Labor

6 Basilio J. Valdes December 24, August 1, 1944 Manuel L. Quezon

1941

Secretary of Justice, Labor and Welfare

7 Mariano Eraña August 8, 1944 July 11, 1945 Sergio Osmeña

8 Marcelo Adurru July 12, 1945 May 28, 1946

Secretary of Labor

9 Pedro Magsalin May 28, 1946 April 15, 1948 Manuel A. Roxas

April 17, 1948 September 21, Elpidio Quirino

1948

10 Primitivo Lovina September 21, December 21,

1948 1950

11 Jose Figueras December 21, December 30,

1950 1953

12 Eleuterio E. Adeveso March 10, 1954 April 21, 1954 Ramon Magsaysay

13 Angel M. Castaño August 22, 1954 March 17, 1957

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 March 17, 1957 December 30, Carlos P. Garcia
1961

* Norberto B. January 1962 1962 Diosdado

Romualdez Jr. Macapagal

14 Bernardino R. Ables 1962 1964 Diosdado

Macapagal

15 Jose B. Lingad 1964 December 30,

1965

16 Emilio Q. Espinosa December 30, September 16, Ferdinand E.

Jr. 1965 1967 Marcos

17 Blas F. Ople September 16, 1971

1967

18 Adrian E. Cristobal 1971 1972

19 Blas F. Ople 1972 June 30, 1978

Minister of Labor and Employment

Blas F. Ople June 30, 1978 February 25, Ferdinand Marcos

1986

Secretary of Labor and Employment

20 Augusto S. Sanchez March 25, 1986 June 30, 1992 Corazon Aquino

21 Ma. Nieves R. June 30, 1992 June 30, 1995 Fidel Ramos
Confessor

22 Jose S. Brillantes July 1, 1995 January 16,

1996

23 Leonardo A. January 16, January 26,

Quisumbing 1996 1998

* Cresenciano Trajano January 26, June 30, 1998 Joseph Estrada

1998

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 24 Bienvenido E. June 30, 1998 January 20,
Laguesma 2001

25 Patricia A. Sto. January 20, 2006 Gloria Macapagal

Tomas 2001 Arroyo

26 Arturo D. Brion 2006 2008

27 Marianito D. Roque 2008 2010

28 Rosalinda Baldoz June 30, 2010 June 30, 2016 Benigno S. Aquino
III

29 Silvestre Bello III June 30, 2016 Incumbent Rodrigo Duterte

Bureaus under DOLE

Bureau of Local Employment

The Bureau of Local Employment is a ‘bureau’ under the Department of Labor

and Employment which aims to improve the local labor and employment situation in the

Philippines. Its mission is to promote full employment by facilitating access of Filipino

jobseekers to local employment opportunities through policy researches, standards

setting, strategy development, labor market analysis and provision of technical

assistance to regional implementers in support of employment service operations.

Its vision is to become the center of employment service in Asia. In this end, the

Bureau: facilitates local employment through PESOs and online employment facilitation

engines in the like of PhilJobNet; commits to provide fast and effective employment

service to jobseekers and clients; and informs policy-makers, planners, and decision-

makers with accurate, timely, and reliable LMI.

BLE has well-trained, capable, highly competent and committed employment

service officers. It works harmoniously together as a high-performing team.

Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics

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 The Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics (BLES) commits to implement a

comprehensive and efficient labor statistical system in support of labor administration

and national development goals.

Bureau of Workers with Special Concerns

True to its name, the Bureau of Workers with Special Concerns (BWSC) has

dipped into various concerns of workers in the country, specifically, workers in the

informal sector, women, young workers and persons with disability, to name a few.

Since the formal merging of the then Bureau of Rural Workers (BRW) and the

Bureau of Women and Young Workers (BWYW) in 2010, the BWSC has developed and

facilitated the implementation of significant programs and projects in coordination with

regional offices of the Department of Labor and Employment and in collaboration with

its various social partners and stakeholders.

What better way to showcase these programs and projects and inform the

publics of developments in such endeavors than through the BWSC website.

Under its current priorities, the Bureau is bent at intensifying its management

information system so as to effectively and efficiently inform and update our

stakeholders on what the DOLE is doing for the workers with special concerns.

Employees' Compensation Commission(ECC)

The Employees' Compensation Commission (ECC) is government agency mandated by

law to provide meaningful and appropriate compensation to workers in the event of

work-related contingencies. The ECC is a government corporation attached to the

Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) for policy coordination and guidance.

Overseas Workers Welfare Administration(OWWA)

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 The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) is an attached agency

of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and a membership institution.

It protects and promotes the welfare of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and

their dependents. It was formerly known as Welfare and Training Fund for Overseas

Workers and was organized in 1977.

OWWA, as it is commonly known, is present in 31 overseas posts in 27

countries. It also has its regional presence in all the seventeen regions.

Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA)

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) is an agency of the

Government of the Philippines responsible for opening the benefits of the overseas

employment program of the Philippines. It is the main government agency assigned to

monitor and supervise recruitment agencies in the Philippines. The POEA's office is

located at EDSA corner Ortigas Avenue, Mandaluyong City, Philippines.

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration was established in 1982

through Executive Order No. 797. The goal of the agency's establishment was to

promote and monitor the overseas employment of Filipino workers.[2] The POEA was

reorganized in 1987 through Executive Order No. 247 in order to respond to changing

markets and economic conditions, and to strengthen components that would protect

Filipino workers and the regulatory components of the overseas employment program.

The Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995 instituted State policies

of overseas employment and established standards for protection and promotion of

welfare for migrant workers and their families, and for overseas Filipinos in distress. The

act specifies, "Migrant worker refers to a person who is to be engaged, is engaged or

has been engaged in a remunerated activity in a state of which he or she is not a legal

resident; to be used interchangeably with overseas Filipino worker.". Regarding

deployment of migrant workers, the act mandates, "The State shall deploy overseas

Filipino workers only in countries where the rights of Filipino migrant workers are

protected. ...".

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 In 2010, Republic Act No. 10022 amended some of these provisions, including

those quoted above. Among other changes, the paragraph defining the term Migrant

worker was amended to read, "'Overseas Filipino worker' refers to a person who is to be

engaged, is engaged or has been engaged in a remunerated activity in a state of which

he or she is not a citizen or on board a vessel navigating the foreign seas other than a

government ship used for military or non-commercial purposes or on an installation

located offshore or on the high seas; to be used interchangeably with migrant worker.",

and the introductory text regarding deployment was amended to read, "The State shall

allow the deployment of overseas Filipino workers only in countries where the rights of

Filipino migrant workers are protected. ...".

Other Related Bureau to DOLE

 Bureau of Labor Relations(BLR)

 Bureau of Rural Workers

 Technical Education and Skills Development Authority(TESDA)

 Information and Publication Service(IPS)

 Occupational Safety and Health Center(OSHC)

 National Conciliation and Mediation Board(NCMB)

 National Wages and Productivity Commission(NWPC)

 National Labor Relations Commission(NLRC)

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 References

Employees Compensation Commission (n.d.) Frequently Asked Questions About

Employees’ Program. Retrieved from http://ecc.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/

2017/06/FAQs_Handbook.pdf

Labor Relations Overview (n.d.) Retrieved from https://blr.dole.gov.ph/wp-

content/uploads/2019/07/LR-Overview-2018.pdf

Overseas Workers Welfare Organization (n.d.) Retrieved from https://www.owwa.

gov.ph/

Philippine Overseas Employment Organization (n.d.) Retrieved from http://www.poea.

gov.ph/programs/programs&services.html

The LawPhil Project. (n.d). Department of Labor and Employment. Retrieved from

https://www.lawphil.net/administ/dole/dole.html

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