TARLAC CITY – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has conducted basic labor education seminar to some 2,019 graduating students from two state universities in Tarlac.
DOLE Regional Director Ana Dione on Friday said that the seminar, dubbed “Labor Education for Graduation Students” or LEGS, is designed to guide “would-be workers” on their rights and responsibilities.
“As our graduating students are about to join the rest of the country’s labor force, we encourage our them to engage an insightful learning session in our LEGS seminars so that they will fully understand their duties and responsibilities as they enter the world of work in the industry of their choice and career which they wish to pursue,’ Dione said.
DOLE Tarlac Field Office head Aurita Laxamana said the LEGS will prepare and develop students become responsible partners in establishing harmonious labor-management relationships toward attaining decent and productive work.
The LEGS was organized by the DOLE and Provincial Public Employment Service Office (PESO) of Tarlac in partnership with the Tarlac State University and Tarlac Agricultural University.
Of the total number of participating graduating students, 1,566 from the Tarlac State University while the remaining 453 are from the Tarlac Agricultural University.
Laxamana said that the topics discussed include the labor code covering rights of workers on minimum wage, holiday/premium pay computation, hours of work, and monetary benefits.
Topics on management rights, as well as other topics on general labor standards and occupational safety and health standards were also discussed.
The DOLE has intensified the LEGS seminar program in colleges and universities in Central Luzon to prepare future workers on work ethics and culture of productive and decent work. (M. D. Del Rosario/PNA)