MANILA – The Philippine government said yesterday it plans to register an estimated 17 million undocumented workers so it can better address their needs.
At least 44 percent of the country’s workers are in the informal sector in jobs such as day laborers, construction workers, street vendors, part-time and home-based workers, according to government figures.
Many are not documented by their employers and earn less than the minimum wage.
The majority of these workers, who do not draw regular salaries, will be registered by 2016, Labour Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said.
“We cannot say the government is achieving inclusive growth if there are some sectors which are not benefiting from government services,” she said.
The government’s aim was to identify such workers and where they are employed so they can have access to government assistance, Baldoz added.
She said that so far only about 175,900 such informal workers had been registered by the government.
The department is already regularly consulting these workers to find out how it can include them in welfare programs.
They had complained of a lack of job security, low pay and often had no health benefits, labour officials said.*AFP
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October –
Monthly Observances:
Industry and Commerce Safety Month
National Statistics Month
Local Government Month
Consumer Welfare Month
Cooperative Month
National Quality and Productivity Improvement Month
National Health and Wellness Tourism Month
National Indigenous Peoples Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Elderly Filipino Week
Week 2: National Health Education Week
Local Government Week
National Mental Health Week
October 17-23:
National Week for Overcoming Extreme Poverty
October 18 – 24:
United Nations Week
Last Week:
Nurses’ Week
Consumers’ Protection Week
Week of the 4th Sunday:
Barrio Farmers’ Week
Daily Observances:
First Monday (Oct 4): Universal Children’s Day i
n the Philippines
Oct 5: National Teachers’ Day
Oct 10: Local Government Day
Third Thursday (Oct 14): Conflict Resolution Day
Oct 21: Tenants’ Emancipation day
Oct 24: United Nations Day
Oct 29: National Indigenous People’s Thanksgiving Day
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