Book I — Pre-Employment
Article 14Employment promotion.
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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