ECOP CALABARZON and ECOP Naga: DOLE and ILO’s Capacity Building Workshops on Strategic Compliance

by | Aug 10, 2018 | Chapter, Updates

The International Labour Organization, in coordination with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), conducted a capacity building workshop (Luzon batch) on strategic compliance last 19-20 February 2018 at Century Park Hotel, Manila.

 

The main objective of this series of tripartite workshops apart from familiarizing partners on the strategic compliance approach to promoting labour laws compliance is to identify tripartite compliance priority issues and sectors to guide compliance and inspection priorities, as well as joint or partner-specific initiatives or campaign to promote compliance.

 

Present during the workshop were the officers of ECOP CALABARZON and ECOP Naga, Regional Directors/Assistant Regional Directors of DOLE, Labour Inspection Focal Persons in the regions, Chairpersons and Vice Chairpersons of Regional Industrial Peace Councils (RTIPCs) and representatives from the Project’s partner trade unions. The workshop was facilitated by ILO’s Regional Labour Inspection Specialist, Mr. Rene Robert. A similar workshop will be conducted in Cebu City on 22-23 February 2018 to accommodate the Visayas and Mindanao Batch.

Edgardo Lacson

Chairman of the Board

Edgardo G. Lacson is currently the Chairman of the Board of the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP), and Director of the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE). He was formerly President and Honorary Chairman of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI).  He was the President of ECOP from 2010 to 2016. Ed Lacson also serves as the President of various business firms, including MIS Maritime Corporation, Safe Seas Shipping Agency, Marine Industrial Supply Corporation, and EML Realty. He serves as Chairman of Metrostore Corporation, MIL Export Philippines, Beacon Environmental Management Services and Primelode, among others.

He is likewise Trustee of both the De La Salle Canlubang, Inc. and Philippine Petroleum Sea Transport Association (PHILPESTA), Managing Director of Link Edge, and a member of the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP), Philippine Interisland Shipping Association (PISA), and Makati Business Development Council (MBDC).

An alumnus of then De La Salle College and now De La Salle University where he earned his degree in Bachelor of Science in Commerce (BSC) Major in Accounting, Ed Lacson indeed through the years has expanded his horizons.

Edgardo Lacson serves as Honorary Chairman at PCCI. His previous business affiliations include the Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC), Marine Chemical Corporation, VLK Traders Philippines, Inc., and Esso Standard Eastern.