Section 2Sec./Art. 2

Section 5 of the same law is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 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.