DOLE-10 79th year highlights accomplishment, acceleration of labor reforms by Jasper Marie Oblina-Rucat
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz asks the regional officials and staff to accelerate the implementation of labor reforms in Northern Mindanao to sustain its status as most labor productive and profitable region in Mindanao. This was reiterated by the regional director of DOLE 10 Atty. Johnson G. Cañete, during the 79th anniversary celebration of DOLE 10 in Cagayan de Oro city, Dec. 10. National Statistics Office (NSO) said Region 10 has the highest revenue per worker, value added per worker, average revenue per establishment and average profit per establishment as indicated in its 2010 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry. Such findings according to the Secretary can be partly attributed to the DOLE’s thrust to improve regional operations nationwide, providing realistic planned targets, and helping establishments in implementing productivity improvement schemes. She asked the agency not to be complacent to continue this hard-won gain. “Labor productivity growth is a key indicator of regional competitiveness. It is an essential driver of change— in workers’ behavior, in companies’ treatment of their workers, and in the way enterprises conduct their businesses,” she explained. Sec. Baldoz further noted that the region is presently reaping the fruits of the reforms of the Aquino Wednesday, December 12, 2012
III administration, particularly from the implementation by the DOLE of wage and productivity gain-sharing policies, and other reforms. The Secretary challenged officials and employees not merely of the DOLE regional office here but also in all other regional offices to focus on the implementation of productivity programs that could lead to higher labor productivity. DOLE 10 recognizes as well sectors that contributed to such growth particularly private households, real estate renting, fishing and construction, financial intermediation, mining, electricity, gas and water and health and social work. Labor productivity growth reflects either increased efficiency of workers without greater use of other inputs, or improvements in inputs, be they physical, human or intermediate capital inputs which lead to higher output produced per unit of labor.
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