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Gains in Maintaining Industrial Peace:

Gains in Maintaining Industrial Peace:
The DOLE, through the tireless efforts of the National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB) has safe kept the industrial peace in the region by disposing 34 of 37 notices of strike and lockout cases from materializing into work stoppages, representing a disposition rate of 91.9 percent benefitting some 423 workers with monetary settlements amounting to some Php. 19,770,155.62.
Meanwhile, the NCMB likewise resolved 39 of the 43 preventive mediation cases, representing a 90.7 percent disposition rate benefitting some 7,587 workers with monetary restitutions amounting to some Php. 4,662,263.23.
Through its Single-Entry Approach system, the NCMB has resolved 59 of the 64 cases it handled during the year, benefitting 39 workers with settlements amounting to Php. 393,645.91.
The NLRC on the other hand was able to dispose 1,294 or 70 percent of its case load in consonance with the platforms and pronouncements on labor and employment and the DOLE-wide implementation of Project Speed 1, 2, and 3.
In other cases resulting from labor standards violations, the DOLE was able to resolve 92 cases or an 80 percent accomplishment of the 114 cases it handled for the year benefitting some 1,031 workers as of October of this year.
DOLE, has kept pace with its Project Speed Program by resolving 100 percent of the 20 med-arbitration cases it handled this year.
DOLE’s commitment in maintaining industrial peace is unmatched through its effective strategies in strengthening labor education and compliance assistance to workers in the areas of human relations, labor relations, and productivity resulting to the maturity of the social partners in resolving workplace conflicts benefitting some 6,271 employers and employees.

Gains in Safeguarding Worker’s Rights and Welfare:
The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board after going through a series of consultations involving labor and management representatives from different sectors, and other stakeholders, has issued Wage Order Number RBIII-15, a 14-peso increase in the minimum wage for the region, took effect last November 22 of this year in response to the petition for wage increase by the Mistumi Workers Union.
Compliance of employers to their workers was strengthened through DOLE’s Labor Standards Enforcement Program which assisted 3,484 establishments in improving their compliance to labor standards through inspection, self-assessment and technical assistance visits (TAV) approaches.
Social protection was likewise strengthened when DOLE facilitated the enrollment of 7,275 workers from the informal sector in SSS, PhilHealth and other social protection schemes.
It terms of safety and health concern, DOLE has established the first Regional Occupational Health and Safety (OSH) Network in region 3 which aims to come up with pro active approaches in ensuring workers’ safe working conditions in the workplace.
The incidence of child labor within the region is one of DOLE’s primary concerns thus DOLE providing livelihood assistance to parents of former child laborers amounting to some Php. 250,000.00. Moreover, some 600 children at risk were provided school supplies in partnership with UNICEF and other Non-government organizations (NGOs).
Meanwhile, the OWWA has likewise provided assistance in terms of healthcare, disability, death benefit claims, and other social protection services benefiting some 334 overseas Filipinos workers (OFWs). Moreover, they have provided education and training to some 730 beneficiaries.
The DOLE and POEA’s plight to stop illegal recruitment and any form of human trafficking has been strengthened through its strong advocacy and monitoring activities to ensure the protection for those seeking work abroad.

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