First Time Jobseekers Assistance Act (Republic

Act No. 11261)

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5th Founding Anniversary
21 June 2019 |Calamba City, Laguna

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2 FIRST TIME JOBSEEKERS ACT

 First Time Jobseekers Assistance Act

(Republic Act No. 11261) was signed into
law on 10 April 2019, principally authored
by Representatives Karlo Nograles, Jericho
Nograles, Randolph Ting and Senator Joel
Villanueva, respectively.

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TIMELINE OF R.A. NO. 11261
RA 11261 became IRR of RA 11261 is
RA 11261 was
effective on expected to be
signed into law on
published o/b 1st week
10 April 2019 23 May 2019
of Sep 2019

RA 11261 was
IRR of RA 11261 was
published in the
partly signed on 11
Official Gazette
July 2019
07 May 2019
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4 WHO ARE THE FIRST TIME JOBSEEKERS?

A Filipino citizen, who is actively seeking

employment, locally or abroad, for the first time, as
certified by the barangay of which he/she is a
resident for said purpose.

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5 Covered Institutions, Section 3

▹ Government agencies and instrumentalities, including

Government Owned and Controlled Corporations;
▹ Local Government Units; and
▹ Public or government hospitals.

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6 Covered Governmental Transactions, Section 4

▹ Police clearance
▹ NBI clearance
▹ Barangay clearance and certification
▹ Medical certificate from a public hospital, except for fees
and charges collected for laboratory tests and other
medical procedures required for the grant of a medical
certificate

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7 Covered Governmental Transactions, Section 4

▹ Birth certificate
▹ Marriage certificate
▹ Transcript of academic records issued by SUCs
▹ Taxpayer’s Identification Number (TIN)
▹ Unified Multi-Purpose ID (UMID) card
▹ Other documentary requirements issued by the
government that may be required by employers from
job applicants.

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 Exception from Covered
8 Documents/Requirements, Section 8
▹ Application to take professional licensure examination
conducted by Professional Regulation Commission
▹ Application for a Philippine passport authentication
and red ribbon of documents from DFA.
▹ Application for a career service examination with
CSC; and
▹ Application for a driver’s license from LTO.

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9 Limitations
▹ The benefit provided under this Act shall only be
availed once (Section 3) and for one copy of the
document or transaction.
▹ The beneficiaries of the JobStart Philippines under
R.A. No. 10869 and other laws that give similar
exemptions for the documents or transactions
enumerated herein shall NOT be qualified to avail the
benefits of this Act (Section 8).

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10 Proof of Eligibility, Section 5
▹ A first time jobseeker availing of the benefits
provided under the Act shall present a
barangay certification stating that he/she is
a first time jobseeker.

▹ Any person found guilty of fabrication or

falsification shall be liable under Revised Penal
Code
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11 Database Maintenance, Section 6
▹The concerned government agencies shall maintain
and update a roster of all individuals who have been
issued documents under this Act.

▹The roster shall be regularly submitted to DICT which

shall compile a database of all beneficiaries of this Act to
be made accessible to all relevant agencies.

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ROLE OF DOLE UNDER R.A. 11261 and ITS
IRR

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13 Chair the Inter-agency Committee as an oversight
committee
Monitor compliance of concerned agencies and
may recommend filing of an administrative
complaint
*Issue Advisories pertaining to the FTJA and its IRR
*Capacitate PESOs in the implementation of FTJA
and its IRR
*Submit quarterly LMI report to the Committee on
Labor and Employment of both Houses of Congress
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MANDATE OF PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
OFFICES UNDER R.A. 11261

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 Duties and Responsibilities of PESO
16 (Section 7 of the Proposed IRR)

▹Assist first time jobseekers in securing the

required pre-employment requirements from
relevant government agencies.

▹Inform and guide the first time jobseekers on

the provisions of the Act.

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 Duties and Responsibilities of PESO
17 (Section 7 of the IRR)

▹ Aggregate the reports and disaggregate the

data using the prescribed monitoring and
reporting form under the Rules using the attached
template, or as updated for submission to DICT,
copy furnished the DILG.
▹ The PESOMAP shall inform and cascade to all
its member PESO managers their role, duties and
responsibilities in the implementation of this
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Other relevant facts and information
▹An estimate of 1,500-2500 pesos will be saved by the first time jobseeker.
However this would cost an estimate of 2 billion loss to the government.

▹Benefit under the program may only be availed once, and the barangay
certification shall be valid only for a period of one year from the date of
issuance

▹ F TJ s shall be required by the Barangay thru the undertaking signed

and executed by the latter to report back after finding a job or obtaining
an employment

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Other relevant facts and information

▹DILG will institutionalize the role of PESOs in the

implementation of the FTJA by including in the SGLG
the submission of report on program
availees/beneficiaries

▹Concerned agencies to certify photocopies as CTC of

the original clearance or docs issued to the availee.
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INDICATIVE TIMELINE OF RA 11261 IRR
Date Activity
16 May 2019 Creation of DOLE TWG
17 May – 13 June 2019 DOLE TWG and Inter-
agency meetings
25 June 2019 Small Group Meeting with
DICT and DILG
11 July 2019 Ceremonial Signing of the
IRR
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INDICATIVE TIMELINE OF RA 11261 IRR
Date Activity
30 July 2019 DOLE, DFA, DOF, DOH, NBI,
PESOMAP, PNP, MARINA, CSC,
TESDA, LIGA NG MGA BGY
* DICT, DEPED, CHED, DILG, PSA

o/b end of August 2019 Completed signatures

1st week of Sep 2019 Publication
1st week of Sep 2019 Meeting with member agencies
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