NWPC BULLETINVolume 19 v Number 5 www.nwpc.dole.gov.ph May 2015

May 2015 News

Summary of Minimum Wage Ratesas of May 26, 2015

Region’s Wage Order Highest Minimum

wage

Effectivity date

Wage Order No. RB NCR-19 P481.00 April 4, 2015

Wage Order No. RB CAR-16 P280.00 February 3, 2014

Wage Order No. RB I-16 P253.00 February 5, 2014

Wage Order No. RB II-16 P255.00 January 5, 2014

Wage Order No. RB III-18 P349.00 November 30, 2014

Wage Order No. RB IVA-16 P362.50 May 1, 2014

Wage Order No. RB IVB-06 P275.00 February 1, 2013

Wage Order No. RB V-16 P260.00 January 10, 2014

Wage Order No. RB VI-22 P298.50 May 2, 2015

Wage Order No. RB VII-18A P340.00 December 14, 2014

Wage Order No. RB VIII-17 P262.00 March 30, 2015

Wage Order No. RB IX-I8 P280.00 June 10, 2013

Wage Order No. RB X-17 P306.00 June 20, 2013

Wage Order No. RB XI-18 P317.00 June 1, 2014

Wage Order No. RB XII-18 P275.00 August 1, 2014

Wage Order No. RXIII-13 P268.00 February 14, 2015

Wage Order No. ARMM-15 P250.00 February 1, 2014

NWPC BULLETIN

Executive Director

Maria Criselda R. Sy

Deputy Executive Directors

Patricia P. Hornilla

Jeanette T. Damo

Directors

Elvira P. Jota

Atty. Welma T. Sicangco

Atty. Jamie-Lyn Jamias-Garcia

Editor-in-Chief

Managing Editor

Jem Samonte

Lourdes M. Secillano

Jerome P. Lucas

Photographer

Romy O. Paleza

Editorial Board

Executive Director Maria

Criselda R. Sy joined the

business leaders, economists,

policy-makers, executives, and

management practitioners in

the 36th National Conference of

Employers last May 14-15 at the

Marriott Hotel, Manila.

With the theme, “The

Ultimate Challenge: Creating

More Wealth, Creating More

Jobs,” the conference aimed at

generating jobs in the upcoming

years to ensure poverty allevia-

tion and sustenance of economic

development.

Exec. Dir. Sy talked about

“Ensuring Inclusive Growth

through Enhanced Employment

and Employability.” The event

was also an avenue for Exec.

Dir. Sy to promote the second

tier, the voluntary component

of the two-tiered wage system

NWPC, RTWPBs join the Labor Day celebration

As regional arms of the

Department of Labor and

Employment, the NWPC and its

RTWPBs performed its duties to

the public as part of the Labor

Day celebration with the theme

"Disenteng Trabaho at Kabuhay-

an, Alay Natin sa Bayan".

Selected NWPC staff,

alongside with other DOLE and

other government agencies’

employees served the job seek-

ers during the job fair held at the

Philippine International Conven-

tion Center (PICC) in Pasay City

last May 1. The NWPC staff who

seated in the legal desk, assis-

ted the job seekers who wanted

to seek answers on wage and

productivity matters.

In regions, the hundred-

old celebration of workers was

held at various malls, sports

complex, and convention cent-

ers. The Regional Tripartite

Wages and Productivity Boards

(RTWPBs) secretariat partici-

pated in venues to render assis-

tance to workers with concerns

on wages and productivity. The

celebration featured a job fair to

cater the fresh graduates and a

Service Caravan to address the

needs of the existing labor force

in the region.

Aside from the usual

employment opportunities offered

to the job seekers, the annual

celebration provided medical and

legal assistance, employment

facilitation, pre-employment

documentation, and skills

demonstrations.

According to Secretary

Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz, the

industries with the most number

of vacancies are manufacturing

(12.9%); transport, storage, and

communication (6.7%); other

community, social, and perso-

nal service activity (5.8%); and

wholesale and retail trade; repair

of motor vehicles, motorcycles,

and personal household goods

(4.6%).

NWPC chief tackles Enhanced Employment and Employability during ECOP’s 35th National Conference of Employers

which grants incentives to work-

ers based on improvements in

productivity or performance.

Other sessions during the

conference were: 1) opportuni-

ties and strategies for job crea-

The NWPC offi cials and staff participated in a

seminar-workshop entitled “Setting the Founda-

tion for QMS” conducted by the President and Sen-

ior Consultant and Product Developer of Rosehall

Management Consultants, Inc. Ms. Rosario H. Quin-

tos at the Employees Compensation Commission’s

Conference Room last May 19-20.

The NWPC chief said that the Commis-

sion targeted ISO certifi cation to serve as a mod-

el agency on productivity improvement. “We need

to serve our clients in the most effi cient and most

effective manner; we ought it to them. We need to

prove to our stakeholders and out clients that we are

true to our mandate in promoting productivity,” she

said.

The seminar-workshop oriented the par-

ticipants on the requirements of setting up a QMS,

focusing on management responsibility and com-

mitment, identifi cation of clients and stakehol-

ders and determination of internal and external

NWPC targets ISO Certifi cation, conducts seminar-workshop

factors affecting an organization. The participants

were also guided in the use of various tools for

purposes of identifying and mapping the organiza-

tion’s processes and setting process performance

measures.

Ms. Cecilia M. Fabian, one of Rosehall’s

consultants on quality management, health and

safety management, and food safety management

assisted Ms. Quintos during the workshop.

tion and poverty reduction; 2) the ever-changing

role of employers in addressing societal issues;

3) preserving development gains amidst regional

economic changes; 4) Social partners forum: policy

recommendations for resolving employment and

poverty issues; 5) doing well and doing good: how

corporations can help address poverty and unem-

ployment.

Last April, ECOP President Edgardo Lac-

son already signifi ed support to the wage reform,

saying that since the implementation, the reform

has done “signifi cant reduction in the politics of

minimum wage fi xing.”

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DOLE Undersecretary Reydeluz D.

Conferido said during the press conference at the

PICC that while the opportunities being offered during

the job fairs required work experience, the DOLE is

responsive to address job matching by providing

labor market information, online job opportunities, and

trainings.

Based on the reports of the DOLE regional

offi ces as of May 4, there were a total of 73,763

registered job applicants; 88,578 job applicant inter-

views; 54,607 qualifi ed/referred job applicants; 11,508

hired on the spot; and 46,456 near hire applicants.

Aside from DOLE agencies, the Labor Day

celebration was participated by the various emplo-yers

and other government agencies.

Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity

Board - II conducted a Service Quality (SQ)

Training for the members of the Sta. Ana Hotel

and Restaurant Association (SAHARA) on April

16, 2015 in Sta. Ana, Cagayan.

While the RTWPB presented the soft

skill for Service Quality, the Technical Education

and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in

Cagayan encouraged the SAHARA members to

avail of their programs to improve the hard skills

of their workforce.

The RTWPB upholds the Tourism Sup-

ply Chain (TSC) framework in presenting the

SQ Program. The TSC is a network of tourism

stakeholders engaged in different activities rang-

ing from the supply of different components of

tourism products/services to the distribution and

RTWPB-II continues Productivity Intervention for Sta. Ana Tourism Industry Stakeholders

Building Partnerships

in Promoting Service Quality

Since NWPC rolled out its Service Quality (SQ)

training program in 2011, the RTWPBs have trained a

total of 538 fi rms and 1,411 owners and workers, nation-

wide, on the concept and simple technologies to ensure

of service quality or error-free service to clients.

The value chain approach in promoting produc-

tivity in the tourism industry started in Region IX under

then DOLE-Regional Director and RTWPB Chairperson

Ponciano M. Ligutom. DOLE-IX launched its 3Y pro-

gram, a convergence of national and local govern-

ment agencies, the academe, and other local partners

aimed at boosting job opportunities towards increased

workers’ employability, productivity, and service quality in

Zamboanga del Norte’s tourism industry.

A similar project was implemented in Region

VI in cooperation with the local government units, vari-

ous national government

agencies and private sector

fi rms, called the Pier to Port

Project (P2P) – an enhance-

ment of the Service Qual-

ity Program. Its goal was to

address the gaps in service

quality and to consequently

improve the quality of life in

the islands of Boracay and

Guimaras. Last 30 Janu-

ary 2015, NWPC Executive

Productivity training interventions for the tourism value chain

Two Senior and Labor Employment

Offi cers from the Policy and Research

Service (PRS), Mr. Henry M. Kakazu and

Maria Corazon P. Caritativo attended the

training on Statistics for Policy Analysis last

May 11-15 in Diliman, Quezon City.

Organized by the Philippine Statisti-

cal Research and Training Institute (PSRTI)

formerly known as the Statistical Research

and Training Center (SRTC), the training

aimed at building the capacities of govern-

ment personnel in evidence-based policy

review and formulation.

The training included modules on

basic statistical concepts, summary mea-

sures, ratios and proportions, regression

analysis, policy analysis framework, data

presentation and writing policy briefs.

The training is part of the competen-

cy-based training plan to improve the capa-

bilities of its personnel to effectively deliver

the programs and projects of the NWPC.

NWPC offi cers attend training on Statistics

for Policy Analysis

marketing of the fi nal tourism product and involves

a wide range of participants in both the private and

public sectors.

Last year, the banca and tricycle operators in

Sta.Ana, whose services form part of the TSC, were

the benefi ciaries of the program. It was in coordina-

tion with the local government unit of Sta.Ana and

the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA).

The RTWPB is also coordinating with the

SAHARA members for the conduct of an orientation

within the year in line with the Productivity Improve-

ment Enterprise (PIE) Program.

Each of the nine (9) participant-fi rms crafted

an action plan for Productivity Improvement Pro-

gram (PIP) to be implemented within six (6) months

after the training.

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Director Maria Criselda R. Sy attended a MOA Signing

on the Pier to Port Program at Boracay, Malay, Aklan

together with DOLE -VI Regional Director Ponciano M.

Ligutom, RTWPB-VI Board Secretary Nesa S. Nolido,

and the Mayor John P. Yap of Malay, Aklan, sealing the

partnership and commitment to service quality.

In 2014, RTWPB II launched the Service Qual-

ity Value Chain for the Tourism Industry Stakeholders in

Cauayan City, Isabela and conducted SQ Training for

Tourism Supply Chain in Sta. Ana, Cagayan last July 11-

12, 2014.

In NCR, the RTWPB conducted the “Service

Quality Training for Tourist Police Auxiliary Brigade” in

partnership with Public Employment Service Offi ce-

Pasay. The board also conducted a similar training

program to padyak operators and drivers in Intramuros,

Manila in partnership with local government of Manila

and Barangay 657.

In Caraga, the RTWPB worked with the Butuan

City Airport, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines

(CAAP) and the City Government of Butuan in identifying

areas for improvement as well as in the actual conduct of

the service quality training program.

Service Quality Seal of Recognition

Last April 20, DOLE Secretary Rosalinda

Dimapilis-Baldoz visited the Bicol region and awarded the

Service Quality Seal of Recognition to three establishments

namely: 1) Hotel St. Ellis, 2) La Piazza Hotel and Conven-

tion Center, and 3) Ninong’s Hotel. Having been SQ-trained,

these establishments have mplemented and sustained their

SQ productivity improvement programs. They have also

been awarded certifi cates of compliance with general la-

bor standards and/or occupational safety and health (GLS/

OSH).

Creating Productivity Champions and Specialists

In 2014, the second round of training partner-

ship of the NWPC with Temasek Foundation (TF) and

Nanyang Polytechnic International (NYPi) produced

fi ve batches of productivity champions and specialists

including participants from other government agen-

cies (DA, DTI, DOST, and DOT)

and social partners (ECOP,

FFCCCII, PALSCON, TUCP, and

FFW).

The expanded training col-

laboration aimed at strengthening

the convergence programs involv-

ing other government agencies and

social partners as part of the value-

chain strategy towards enhancing

the productivity and employability of

workers and advancing the competitiveness of enterprises.

Issuance of Wage Advisory on Tourism Industry

In 2014, six Regional Boards have issued

industry-specifi c advisories to guide workers and enterprises

in developing and implementing productivity-based incentive

schemes over and above the mandatory minimum wage.

The advisories were issued by RTWPBs NCR, CAR, I, III,

IV-B and VII.

Sustainability and Change

To ensure the sustainability of the SQ training

program nationwide, the NWPC in partnership with the

International Labour Organization also implemented the

Greener Business Asia - Green Me training program which

focuses on building sustainable enterprises and harnessing

workplace cooperation in the use of environment-friendly

resources and work processes.

In relation to this, various trainings on the

Green Me module for the tourism industry were

conducted in Batangas (May 2014), Palawan (May 2014),

Tagaytay (July 2014), and Bohol (September 2014), involving

trainers and tourism industry workers.