Good afternoon, everyone. On behalf of the Task Group on Economic Recovery – National Employment Recovery Strategy, we welcome you today as we present our updates on our initiatives for economic recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, we wish to convey our progress from last year 2021, and our plans and goals for this continue reading : Presentation of Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez, TGER-NERS Virtual Presser
Duterte signs order formalizing adoption of NERS employment recovery agenda
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has signed Executive Order (EO) No. 140 officially adopting the National Employment Recovery Strategy (NERS) as the Philippine Government’s master plan for the restoration of the country’s labor market. The EO institutionalizes the 20-agency strong NERS Task Force (TF), charging it to implement the strategy from 2021 to 2022, in response continue reading : Duterte signs order formalizing adoption of NERS employment recovery agenda
Statement of Trade Secretary Ramon M. Lopez on the Latest Results of the Labor Force Survey
The latest unemployment rate of 8.7% in April from 7.1% in March is not unexpected with the heightened restrictions imposed during this period. However, this is deemed temporary as we are back in the process of the gradual, calibrated, and safe reopening of the economy to protect both our people and jobs, and we are continue reading : Statement of Trade Secretary Ramon M. Lopez on the Latest Results of the Labor Force Survey
Message of Secretary Ramon M. Lopez, TGER-NERS Pre-Summit Dialogue for workers
Ladies and gentlemen, magandang araw po sa inyong lahat! I’m glad to see our colleagues from other agencies and all the stakeholders as well as foreign institution development partners. As we were planning for this pre-Job Summit conferences, we saw the need to have a sincere effort to draw out from the various stakeholders the continue reading : Message of Secretary Ramon M. Lopez, TGER-NERS Pre-Summit Dialogue for workers
CREATE will boost National Employment Recovery Strategy; can create 2 million jobs
MANILA – The National Employment Recovery Strategy (NERS) Task Force chaired by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and co-chaired by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), which was signed last 5 February by several agencies, will be given a big boost by the continue reading : CREATE will boost National Employment Recovery Strategy; can create 2 million jobs