DOLE and ECOP Join Forces for a Workplace Compliance and Inspection Course

by | Aug 13, 2018 | Info Notes, Labor Standards

In a meeting with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) last August 8, 2018, the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) presented the draft of a certificate course on workplace compliance and inspection to Atty. Benjo Santos M. Benavidez, Director of the Bureau of Labor Relations, and Dr. Ma. Teresita S. Cucueco, Director of the Bureau of Working Conditions.

The certificate course was a product of months of coordination with DOLE at the height of reinforced labor inspection process – the issuance of Department Order No. 183 Series of 2017 and Administrative Order No. 164 Series of 2017 and other relevant laws. The course built on the gaps of the training provided by DOLE on industrial relations and labor standards which is being conducted for ten (10) consecutive days. It will address the problem of nominal representation of the employers due to unavailability in trainings offered by DOLE. This course will now be conducted over a period of two (2) months, every week for 2-3 days to enable participants from the employer sector who have fulltime jobs to join the course.

ECOP underpins its role in augmenting employer representation through this course offering. The organization intends to capacitate participants with the skills and knowledge of assisting their respective companies in self-assessment. The course offers knowledge and skills on workplace compliance and inspection. Among the topics which will be covered are General Labor Standards (GLS), Occupational Safety and Health Standards (OSHS), employee-employer relationships, collective bargaining, and more.

DOLE has agreed to partner with ECOP for the course and has committed to provide subject matter experts from their respective bureaus. Together with ECOP, it will confer certificates for 1) the completion of the course; and 2) accreditation as a safety officer. The target launching of the course is on October at the ECOP Secretariat office. Talks on regional rollouts are still ongoing.

For more details, you may contact the Secretariat at [email protected] or call 890-4847 or 897-5295

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.