DOLE’ s‘ Seal of Good Housekeeping’
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Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis- Baldoz happily announced that 128 companies have been enrolled under the DOLE’ s labor law compliance incentive system and--provided they meet the standards of the Incentivizing Compliance Program, the DOLE’ s‘ seal of good housekeeping’--would be candidates for the Tripartite Seal of Excellence( TSE), the country’ s highest award for labor standards-based industrial excellence.
Baldoz’ s announcement came after she formally launched the DOLE Incentivizing Compliance Program( ICP) at the 7th Safety Milestone Recognition( SMILE) Award at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Manila on 06 December 2012.
The ICP, which has been endorsed and supported by the Tripartite Industrial Peace Council, is based on Department Order No. 115-11, Series of 2011, otherwise known as the Guidelines on the Implementation of the Incentivizing Compliance Program.
It is an institutional reform outlined in the Philippine Labor and Employment Plan 2011-2016 calling for the convergence and integration of programs on labor law compliance to strengthen selfregulation and voluntary labor standards compliance among the country’ s industries.
Consistent with D. O. 115-11, Baldoz had issued D. O. 115-A, Series of 2012, or the Operational Guidelines on the Issuance of a Tripartite Certificate of Compliance with Labor Standards( TCCLS).
The Tripartite Seal of Excellence, D. O. 115-A provides, can be obtained by an establishment upon acquiring all of the five DOLE“ good housekeeping” certificates, as follows:( a) Tripartite Certificate of Compliance with Labor Standards( TCCLS);( b) Gawad Kaligtasan at Kalusugan( GKK);( c) Certificate for Child Labor-Free Establishment( CFLE),( d) National Productivity Olympics Award; and( e) Outstanding Labor Management Council( LMC) Award for Industrial Peace.
The first level“ seal of good housekeeping”, the TCCLS, is to be issued by a DOLE regional office to enrolled establishments.
In general, however, the regulatory track remains the primary framework in ensuring compliance with labor laws, Baldoz said.
“ The ICP, as a tool for promoting voluntary compliance with the involvement of workers and employers, constitutes a complementary approach to( a) embed a culture of voluntary compliance with labor laws;( b) ensure fair, expeditious, and nonlitigious settlement of disputes;( c) enhance workplace productivity;( d) promote decent work; and( e) increase the level of Philippine competitiveness,” Baldoz explained.
Thus, the ICP promotes voluntary compliance by giving due recognition to a company’ s initiative to voluntarily comply with labor laws or, for having implemented a much higher level of standards, rewards an establishment with a Tripartite Seal of Excellence on their products and in the establishment, and by assisting a noncompliant company, through training and technical assistance, to enable it to comply with the requirements set by law.
The first 128 ICP candidate companies are from the country’ s three major industries: agriculture, industry, and services. They include manufacturing firms, academic institutions, electric cooperatives, agribusinesses, shipbuilding, mining, and other light to heavy industries.
The‘ pioneers’ are as follows: Moog Controls Corporation, Baguio Country Club, SN Aboitiz Power Benguet / Magat Plant, Hedcor, University of the Cordilleras, Divine Word College of Bangued, Tiger Machinery and Industrial Corporation, Fompac Plastics Corporation, Air Liquide Philippines, inc., Fompac Plastics Corporation, Manila Electric Company, Suyen Corporation, Maynilad Water Services, Inc., Dusit Thani;
NMC Container Lines, Inc., Unilever Philippines, Interdent, Inc., Julant Pest Control System, Far Eastern University-Dr. Nicanor Reyes Memorial Medical Center, Chimes Enterprises, Northern Cement Corporation, Team Sual Corporation, Coca- Cola Bottlers Philippines
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