DoLE chief suspends labor inspection activities By Mina Diaz 12/06/2010

DoLE chief suspends labor inspection activities

By Mina Diaz 12/06/2010
Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz issued Administrative Order (AO) 443, Series of 2010 suspending all labor standards enforcement activities all over the country effective Dec. 1 until Jan. 14, 2011.

“I have ordered the suspension of all labor inspection activities, including the conduct of Training and Advisory Visits (TAVs) and Self-Assessment (SA) activities, in all of the country’s 16 regions effective Dec. 1, 2010 until Jan. 14, 2011,” Baldoz said.

Baldoz added the suspension is guided by our mandates on labor and employment in the light of the goal of President Aquino in his 22-point agenda on labor and employment which is to strengthen the welfare and protection of the country’s workers. It is also to uphold the integrity of labor standards enforcement by precluding opportunities and temptations for abuse of the inspection power during Christmas and New Year holidays..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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