The Department of Labor and Employment – Bureau of Local Employment (BLE) is currently conducting a research on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in the labor market, focusing on its impact to employment, and describing the future labor market in the “new normal”. The survey aims to, among others, gather information on the employment changes in the industry, and future prospects to cope up with the challenges brought by the pandemic.

 

The information provided in the survey will be used only for statistical purposes. The data will not be published in identifiable form.

 

The survey runs until 15 September 2020 and is accessible through this link:

https://forms.gle/bwnCMELULr4dGnFaA

 

Should you have any questions on the survey and the overall study, please contact Ms. Jhoy Nacisvalencia – [email protected] or Ms. Abigail Gorospe at [email protected].

 

Click here to participate in the survey

 

 

 

Visit ECOP COVID-19 Center

COVID-19 Center

 

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.