Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma (4th from left) apprises the media on various labor and employment concerns, including the profiling of workers who will be affected by the closure of internet gaming licensees and Philippine offshore gaming operators, the results of the July 2024 Labor Force Survey, and the status of minimum wage consultations across the regions. Laguesma also invited job seekers to the nationwide job fairs on Sept. 13, 2024, where close to 70,000 vacancies were offered by 915 employers. The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) will also distribute P1.466 billion worth of assistance to 271,036 youth beneficiaries of the Special Program of Employment of Students and Government Internship Program and disadvantaged worker beneficiaries of the DoLE’s ‘Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged Workers’ and livelihood programs. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
