THE Canadian territory of Yukon will be opening its doors to more Filipino workers under its newly signed bilateral labor agreement with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was finally signed last Friday and aims to provide more employment opportunities and protection for overseas…
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Less contact tracers to be hired for longer service period
THE DEPARTMENT of Labor and Employment will hire 5,000 contact tracers instead of the initial plan of 12,000 to allow them to work for a longer period as requested by local governments where they will be deployed. During a virtual briefing on Monday, the department’s Information and Publication Service Director Rolly M. Francia said the decision to cut the target beneficiaries under a temporary employment program known as TUPAD was based on talks with the leaders of local government units (LGUs) in Metro Manila. “This will be around 5,000 only. The reason is not because we do not have the funds. We still have funds. What Secretary (Silvestre) Bello wants to clear up is that the decrease in hiring contract tracers we will be funding… is because of the want of the LGUs to prolong the number of days the contact tracers will work,” Mr. Francia said in Filipino. Th
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Less contact tracers to be hired for longer service period
THE DEPARTMENT of Labor and Employment will hire 5,000 contact tracers instead of the initial plan of 12,000 to allow them to work for a longer period as requested by local governments where they will be deployed. During a virtual briefing on Monday, the department’s Information and Publication Service Director Rolly M. Francia said the decision to cut the target beneficiaries under a temporary employment program known as TUPAD was based on talks with the leaders of local government units (LGUs) in Metro Manila. “This will be around 5,000 only. The reason is not because we do not have the funds. We still have funds. What Secretary (Silvestre) Bello wants to clear up is that the decrease in hiring contract tracers we will be funding… is because of the want of the LGUs to prolong the number of days the contact tracers will work,” Mr. Francia said in Filipino.
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