CEBU, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is again searching for new batch of establishments and individuals for the seventh Gawad Kaligtasan at Kalusugan (GKK) award.
As one of the flagship programs of DOLE, GKK is a component of the Zero Accident Program thus, it aims to encourage companies and individuals to implement safety, health and environment programs and in the process achieve productivity and zero accident in the workplace.
The GKK award is a national award given every two years by the DOLE in recognition of outstanding achievements of establishments and individuals in terms of responding to the safety and health needs of workers, workplaces and community. Moreover, the best of the bests will be lauded with a presidential award, a labor secretary’s award and special recognition for their commendable achievements.
The search is open to private and public establishments, individuals with outstanding OH contributions or innovations and lastly, the micro and informal sectors with innovative OSH practices.
The candidates will be judged based on their safety control and emergency preparedness, industrial hygiene program, occupational health program, environmental protection and community relations, social accountability programs, capacity building on occupational safety and health, outcome (OSH indicators and green productivity). – THE FREEMAN
March –
IT’S WOMEN’S MONTH!
“Respect and support women
every day of the year/s!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the recommendations of the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry
against serious violations of protocols of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association.
Accept the National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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Monthly Observances:
Women’s Role in History Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Environmental Week;
Women’s Week
Week 3: Philippine Industry and “
Made-in-the-Philippines Products Week
Last Week: Protection and Gender-Fair Treatment
of the Girl Child Week
Daily Observances:
March 8: Women’s Rights and
International Peace Day;
National Women’s Day
March 4: Employee Appreciation Day
March 15: World Consumer Rights Day
March 18: Global Recycling Day
March 21: International Day for the Elimination
of Racial Discrimination
March 23: International Day for the Right to the Truth
Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations
and for the Dignity of Victims
March 25: International Day of Remembrance of the
Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
March 27: Earth Hour
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