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LABOR LAWS AND SOCIAL LEGISLATION SPECIAL LAWS AND IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS

after the effectivity of this Act, formulate the necessary

rules and regulations for its effective implementation.

SECTION 41. Repealing Clause . — All laws, decrees,

executive orders, rules and regulations, or parts thereof

inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby

repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION

42.

Separability Clause . — If, for any

reason, any section or provision of this Act is held

unconstitutional

or

invalid,

the

other

sections

or

provisions hereof shall not be affected thereby.

SECTION 43. Effectivity Clause . — This Act shall take

effect after fifteen (15) days from its publication in the

Official Gazette or in at least two (2) national newspapers

of general circulation whichever comes earlier.

Approved: June 7, 1995

Published

in

Malaya

and

the

Philippine

Times

Journal

on

June 30, 1995. Published in the Official

Gazette, Vol. 91 No. 32 page 4994 on August 7, 1995.

(Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995,

Republic Act No. 8042 , [June 7, 1995])

RA No 8759 | Public Employment Service

Office Act of 1999

As amended by RA No 10691, October 26, 2015

Rules and Regulations Implementing the Public

Employment Service Office Act of 1999 as amended by

RA No 10691

February 14, 2000

AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING A NATIONAL

FACILITATION SERVICE NETWORK THROUGH THE

ESTABLISHMENT OF A PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICE

OFFICE IN EVERY PROVINCE, KEY CITY AND OTHER

STRATEGIC AREAS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of

Representatives of the Philippines of Representatives of

the Philippines in Congress assembled:

Section 1. Title . — This Act shall be known as the

" Public Employment Service Office Act of 1999. "

Section 2. Declaration of Policy . - It is a declared

policy of the State to promote full employment and

equality of employment opportunities for all, and for this

purpose,

to

strengthen

and

expand

the

existing

employment

facilitation

service

machinery

of

the

government particularly at the local levels.

Section 3. Establishment of the Public Employment

Service Office . - To carry out the above declared policy,

there shall be established in all provinces, cities, and

municipalities

a

Public

Employment

Service

Office,

hereinafter referred to as ‘PESO’, which shall be operated

and maintained by local government units (LGUs). The

PESOs shall be linked to the regional offices of the

Department

of

Labor

and

Employment

(DOLE)

for

coordination and technical supervision, and to the DOLE

central

office,

to

constitute

the

national

public

employment service network.

The PESO shall be under the office of the governor,

city or municipal mayor. The PESO shall be initially

organized by and composed of a PESO manager and may

be assisted by a labor and employment officer (LEO) as

may be determined by the LGU.

Upon the request of accredited non-government

organizations (NGOs) or educational institutions (Els), the

DOLE may enter into a memorandum of agreement for

the NGO and EI to establish, operate and maintain a

PESO and a job placement office, respectively.

To harmonize the provision of employment services

in a given territorial jurisdiction, the PESO at the NGOs

and the job placement office in Els shall coordinate their

activities with the appropriate LGU PESO. (as amended

by RA No 10691)

Section 4. Objectives of the PESO . - In general, the

PESO

shall ensure the prompt, timely and efficient

delivery

of

employment

service

and

provision

of

information on the other DOLE programs.

Specifically, the PESO shall:

(a) Provide a venue where people could explore

simultaneously various employment options and actually

seek assistance they prefer;

(b) Serve as referral and information center for the

various

services

and

programs

of

DOLE

and

other

government agencies present in the area;

(c) Provide clients with adequate information on

employment and labor market situation in the area; and

(d) Network with other PESOs within the region on

employment for job exchange purposes.

Section 5. Functions of the PESO . - The PESO shall

have the following functions:

(a) Encourage employers to submit to the PESO on a

regular basis a list of job vacancies in their respective

establishments in order to facilitate the exchange of labor

market information between job seekers and employers

by providing employment information services to job

seekers, both for local and overseas employment, and

recruitment assistance to employers;

(b) Develop and administer testing and evaluation

instruments

for

effective

job

selection,

training and

counselling;

(c) Provide persons with entrepreneurship qualities,

access to the various livelihood and self-employment

programs

offered

by

both

government

and

nongovernment

organizations

at

the

provincial,

city,

municipal and barangay levels by undertaking referrals

for such program;

(d) Undertake employability enhancement trainings

or seminars for job seekers, as well as those who would

like to change career or enhance their employability;

(e) Provide employment or occupational counselling,

career

guidance,

mass

motivation

and

values

development activities;

(f)

Conduct

pre-employment

counselling

and

orientation to prospective local and, most especially,

overseas workers;

(g)

Provide

reintegration

assistance

services

to

returning Filipino migrant workers;

(h) Prepare and submit to the local sanggunian an

annual employment plan and budget including other

regular funding sources and budgetary support of the

PESO; and

(i) Perform such functions as to fully carry out the

objectives of this Act.

(as amended by RA No 10691)

Section 6. Other Services of the PESO . - In addition to

the functions enumerated in the preceding section, every

PESO shall undertake holistic strategies, programs and

activities to transform the PESO into a modern public

employment

service

intermediary

that

provides

multidimensional employment facilitation services. (as

amended by RA No 10691)

Section 7. Role of DOLE and the LGUs - The LGUs, in

coordination with the DOLE, shall establish the PESO.

“It shall be the responsibility of the DOLE to:

(a) Provide technical supervision, coordination and

capacity-building to the PESO;

(b) Establish and maintain a computerized human

resource and job registries to facilitate the provision and

packaging of employment assistance to PESO clients and

the setting-up of intra- and inter regional job clearance

systems as part of the overall employment network;

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