MY INSIGHT IN PESLA & LEGS SEMINAR

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is implementing the Pre-Employment Seminar for Local Applicant (Pesla) to provide job seekers in the region with better employment opportunities. While the LEGS seminar program is designed to guide “would-be workers” on their rights at work and responsibilities. It is aimed at enlightening students on how to apply for work, locally or overseas.

1. The speaker mention about the rights of employees in their work. First the contract conversion, it is a casual employees who perform work that is not usually necessary or primarily related to the company’s business become permanent employees of the company after one year of working for the company, whether continuously or not.

Similarly, employees working past their probationary period also have their contracts automatically converted into regular employment. Second the health and safety, employers must follow the requirements imposed by the Occupational Safety and Health Standards and provide employees with a hazardous-free environment and working conditions. Employees must receive job safety instructions and get familiar with the environment and any hazards they may be exposed to. Employers have different types of obligations to employees regarding health and safety, depending on the number of staff employed and the type of work and workplace they in. Third is workers compensation insurance, employees younger than 60 years of age are entitled to the government’s employee compensation program, which requires companies to register employees with the State Insurance Fund (SIF). The compensation package is provided to employees in the event of work-related sickness, injury, disability leading to the loss of income or death. Fourth is 13th month salary, workers employed for more than a month in all roles except senior and managerial positions, commission-based positions, or fixed-term contracts are entitled to one additional month’s base salary annually, excluding any allowances and benefits (unless they are treated as part of the basic salary). Employers can choose to pay it in two instalments, one in May and one in December, or to pay it in full before 24th of December. Employees who have not worked the full calendar year are entitled to a pro-rata equivalent of the 13th month salary. Employees who are terminated throughout the calendar year are also entitled to a pro-rata equivalent of the bonus based on how many months they worked during the year. Lastly the retirement pay, employees who reach the retirement age of 60-65 and who have worked for the same employer for a minimum of five years are entitled to retirement pay, which is equivalent to 22.5 days per year of employment to at least half a month’s salary for every year of employment (with a fraction of at least six months being considered one whole year), paid by the employer. The employees have a a law (labour law) to protect themselves to their works and if they want to report their problem about their work they can go to DOLE.

2. The speaker also talked about the duties of being employee. To have a punctuality, dependability, great customer service, meet and exceed boss expectations, able to work with a team, problem solving skills, creative thinking skills, strong ethics/ morals, articulate, and honest to his/her work.

Mock Job Interview: Interesting questions

What is your ideal workplace?

An ideal workplace is one where you have all the resources you need to perform at your best and improve your career as well as one where you feel encouraged and engaged.

For me, my ideal workplace is... the first time you look at the place, you will feel that the place you will work is easy for you and that you feel safe here. Second, the people you work with are disciplined, because if everyone has discipline, especially in the field of work, there won't be any problems, and the flow of work and your relationship will be good. Third, loyalty at work is very important in companies or any class that you can work for because when you have loyalty to the job you entered, your boss and co-workers will not think twice about trusting you. Lastly, I appreciate your honesty at work. No matter what your status is at work, you must be honest. It is important at work because when you are honest, your job will be secure. I hope that in the future, specifically in my work place, I can adopt it, and I hope that what I wrote about my ideal work place will come true in the future so that my work place is less stressful and not toxic. 

What is your ideal boss?

Ideally, for me, my ideal boss is someone who is strict during work hours so that his workers can be disciplined and is not easy when it comes to work, but you can bond when it's not work time like a troop even if it's your boss. but there is a limit. A boss who is understanding and has a lot of patience because that's how the boss is will get good results because that's what the employees want, and his staff will really last a long time when you're a boss like this. Hardworking boss, even if you are the boss, you should still be hardworking and not abandon the company because if you neglect your company or business, it will collapse, and not only you will have problems but also your workers who work in your company and who only hope to recover from your carelessness. a boss who treats his workers equally.