Senate approves national employment masterplan creation

EXPORT-BOUND PRODUCTS  Workers classify Cavendish bananas for export in a Davao del Norte packing plant in this photo before the pandemic. (File photo courtesy of MARSMAN DRYSDALE AGRICULTURAL GROUP)

MANILA, Philippines —The bill that will create a national employment generation and recovery masterplan was unanimously approved on the third and final reading by Senate on Monday.

All 24 lawmakers voted for Senate Bill 2035, or the proposed ‘Trabaho Para sa Bayan’ (TPB) Act.

It establishes a three-year, six-year, and 10-year employment development timeline.

The head of the National Economic and Development Authority will chair a TPB Inter-Agency Council.

The body will have as co-chairpersons the secretaries of the Department of Trade and Industry and the Department of Labor and Employment.

The bill mandates that the council identify ways to support micro, small, and medium enterprise measures.

It will also incentivize employers and private sector organizations to offer technology training.

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