CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The Department of Labor and Employment - Northern Mindanao (DOLE-10) on Friday said workers in areas affected by the Alert Level 3 or higher that was set by the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) can avail of cash assistance. During an online media forum, DOLE-10 Director Alber Gutib said this is a one-time cash assistance of PHP5,000 under the agency's Covid-19 Adjustment Measures Program (CAMP) 3. He said CAMP 3 is to help the workers who were affected by permanent closures of the establishments and those who were retrenched as a result of the pandemic. However, the assistance is for those working on a daily schedule, which excludes those business or office establishments implementing flexible, or work-from-home arrangements, including compressed workweek, and compressed work hours. "What we are going to do is a first-come, first-serve basis, since the budget is only PHP1 billion, which covers the entire country," Gutib said. Applicant establishments s
Labor Assistant Secretary Dominique Tutay (File photo) MANILA - The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Thursday said it will release an initial PHP130 million for the grant of cash assistance to some 25,000 workers in Alert Level 3 in some parts of the country. "Based on the data from our establishment report system, as of January 23, around 25,000 workers are affected by reason of permanent closure, retrenchment, and temporary closure. We will be downloading some funds amounting to around PHP130 million to be able to accommodate the initial 25,000 affected workers," Labor Assistant Secretary Dominique Tutay said in a Laging Handa briefing. She said the initial funding is part of the PHP1 billion allocation under the Covid-19 Adjustment Measures Program (CAMP) 3 which was sourced from the DOLE's budget for this year. Covered by the program are those employees who lost their jobs or were temporarily employed by virtue of the declaration of Alert Level 3 and up. &
Around 5,000 qualified beneficiaries of Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) Covid-19 Adjustment Measures Program (CAMP) will soon be getting their cash aid. Labor Assistant Secretary Dominique R. Tutay disclosed the said beneficiaries are among the 22,000 applications, which they have received since they started accepting applications for CAMP 2022…
Labor Assistant Secretary Dominique Tutay (File photo) MANILA - The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Thursday said it will release an initial PHP130 million for the grant of cash assistance to some 25,000 workers in areas placed under Alert Level 3 in some parts of the country. "Based on the data from our establishment report system, as of January 23, around 25,000 workers are affected by reason of permanent closure, retrenchment, and temporary closure. We will be downloading some funds amounting to around PHP130 million to be able to accommodate the initial 25,000 affected workers," Labor Assistant Secretary Dominique Tutay said in a Laging Handa briefing. She said the initial funding is part of the PHP1 billion allocation under the Covid-19 Adjustment Measures Program (CAMP) 3 which was sourced from the DOLE's budget for this year. Covered by the program are those employees who lost their jobs or were temporarily employed by virtue of the declaration of Aler
BUDGET limitations prompted the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to exclude workers under flexible work arrangement from the beneficiaries of its latest round of Covid-19 Adjustment Measures Program (CAMP). In a virtual press briefing on Monday, Labor Assistant Secretary Dominique R. Tutay reiterated they were able to allocate only P1…