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.
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