MALASIQUI, Pangasinan - More than 60 companies out of the 2,506 inspected in the Ilocos Region have failed to remit the Social Security Service (SSS) payments of their workers in 2022. In an interview on Wednesday, Department of Labor and Employment-Ilocos Region (DOLE-1) information officer Justin Marbella said a consultative meeting on Jan. 20 between the SSS and the DOLEhas been held to address this. "The DOLE has no jurisdiction to enforce this particular social benefit, hence our agency touched base with SSS to apprise them of this concern," he said. Marbella said although 97 percent of the inspected establishments were compliant and only more than 60 or 2.7 percent were not able to remit, they are still targeting a 100-percent compliance. In a statement, mediator arbiter Amado Gasmin said the DOLE and SSS have conceptualized to form a technical working group that will visit establishments that fail to comply with this social coverage. "As the DOLE inspectors go in
JOBS FAIR. The Department of Labor and Employment will conduct a jobs fair anew in celebration of the country's Independence Day on June 12, 2022. In Ilocos Region, over 11,000 job vacancies will be offered. (PNA file photo) MALASIQUI, Pangasinan - Some 11,627 vacancies will be offered to Ilocos residents at the Independence Day jobs fair that will be held in different locations in the region. In an interview on Tuesday, Department of Labor and Employment Ilocos Region information officer Justin Paul Marbella said most of the job vacancies are in customer service representatives, sales, retail, and construction, among others. Of the total number, 8,213 are local employment vacancies while 3,414 are overseas under the 97 participating employers. The Sunday job fair venues are in Candon Civic Center in Candon City, Ilocos Sur; CSI mall in the City of San Fernando, La Union; Nepo mall in Dagupan City, Pangasinan; and Don Leopoldo Sison Convention Center in Alaminos City, Pangasinan. &
MALASIQUI, Pangasinan - The daily minimum wage rate in the Ilocos Region will soon increase to PHP372 and PHP400 following the approval of the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board-1 (RTWPB1). In an interview on Tuesday, Department of Labor and Employment Ilocos Region information officer Justin Paul Marbella said the new minimum wage rate is now up for the affirmation of the National Wages and Productivity Commission. "After which, it will be published in local newspapers and then the new rate shall be effective in 15 days upon publication," he said. Marbella said the RTWPB-1 approved on May 11 the minimum wage of PHP400 daily for all non-agriculture establishments employing 10 or more employees; and PHP372 a day for all non-agriculture firms employing less than 10 employees; and agriculture, whether plantation or non-plantation. The minimum wage starting 2019 has been PHP340 daily for non-agricultural establishments with more than 30 employees; PHP310 for those w