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Book I — Pre-Employment

Article 14Employment promotion.

PD 442 · Labor Code of the PhilippinesELI5 guide available

ELI5— what this means for you

The Secretary of Labor has the power to open new employment offices, create a nationwide job clearance system, and require employers to submit employment data. This article builds the government's job-matching machinery.

Key point

Official text — PD 442

Employment promotion.

The Secretary of Labor shall have the power and authority:

To organize and establish new employment offices in addition to the existing employment offices under the Department of Labor as the need arises;

To organize and establish a nationwide job clearance and information system to inform applicants registering with a particular employment office of job opportunities in other parts of the country as well as job opportunities abroad;

To develop and organize a program that will facilitate occupational, industrial and geographical mobility of labor and provide assistance in the relocation of workers from one area to another; and

To require any person, establishment, organization or institution to submit such employment information as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Labor.

Source: lawphil.net (PD 442 as amended)

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