MANILA – The Bureau of Working Condition (BWC) of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Thursday reported that as of November, the compliance rate of business establishments nationwide on General Labor Standards is at 90 percent.
DOLE-BWC Director IV Alvin Curada said five regions recorded the highest compliance rate.
“Our compliance rate on General Labor Standards is at 90 percent as of November 2022. There were only slight difference in every region but the high compliance rate were recorded in Cordillera Administrative Region, Mimaropa, Region 6, Region 7 and Region 10,” he said at the Laging Handa briefing.
As for the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Compliance, Curada said many challenges were encountered.
“Based on the establishments we inspected, the challenges include the lack of first aider and safety officer. There were no Fire Safety Inspection Certificate issued by the Bureau of Fire of Protection, while other companies failed to implement Occupational Safety and Health programs. So these are the five aspects of Occupational Safety and Health Law that needs to be looked by the inspection next year,” he said.
Curada added that over 80,000 establishments were inspected by the DOLE as of November, the figure is more than the target of 75,000 companies for the year.
“Our target for 2022 is 75,000 but as of November 2022, we already inspected 80,915 establishments. We are over our target for the year,” he said.
“We usually carry out a routine inspection, programmed inspection. This is based on a list of establishments that we get from the Philippine Statistics Authority, the local government units, and it is programmed for inspection from January to October 2022,” he added. (PNA)
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