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The Department of Labor and Employment ( fil, Kagawaran ng Paggawa at Empleyo}, commonly abbreviated as DOLE) is one of the
executive departments of the
Philippine government
The Government of the Philippines ( fil, Pamahalaan ng Pilipinas) has three interdependent branches: the legislative, executive, and judicial branches. The Philippines is governed as a unitary state under a presidential representative and d ...
mandated to formulate policies, implement programs and services, and serve as the policy-coordinating arm of the Executive Branch in the field of labor and employment. It is tasked with the enforcement of the provisions of the
Labor Code
Labour or labor may refer to:
* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the labour ...
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History
The Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) was founded on December 7, 1933, via the Act No. 4121 by the Philippine Legislature. It was renamed as Ministry of Labor and Employment in 1978. The agency was renamed as a department after the
1986 EDSA Revolution in 1986.
List of the Secretaries of the Department of Labor and Employment
Bureaus
Bureau of Local Employment(BLE)
Bureau of Labor Relations(BLR)
Bureau of Working Conditions(BWC)
Bureau of Workers with Special Concerns(BWSC)
International Labor Affairs Bureau(ILAB)
Attached Agencies
Employees' Compensation Commission(ECC)
Institute for Labor Studies(ILS)
National Conciliation and Mediation Board(NCMB)
National Labor Relations Commission(NLRC)
National Wages and Productivity Commission(NWPC)
Occupational Safety and Health Center(OSHC)
Professional Regulation Commission(PRC)
Education and Skills Development Authority(TESDA)
Seals
File:Bureau of Local Employment (BLE).svg, Bureau of Local Employment (BLE)
File:Employees' Compensation Commission (ECC).svg, Employees' Compensation Commission (ECC)
File:National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB).svg, National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB)
File:National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC).svg, National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC)
File:Occupational Safety and Health Center (OSHC).svg, Occupational Safety and Health Center (OSHC)
References
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Labor and Employ, Labor and Employment
Ministries established in 1933
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
Labor in the Philippines
1933 establishments in the Philippines