Keeping tab with the Department of Labor and Employment is now within one’s fingertips as it rolls out a mobile application that offers various services and features for Filipino workers worldwide.
Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said the DOLE mobile application will serve as a tool for workers, particularly for the overseas Filipino workers, for easy access to latest news and regulations at work, and immediate contact to the department and to the Philippine Overseas Labor Offices in their respective countries.
“This application is intended to provide a major channel for our workers and OFWs to get in touch with DOLE and the POLO. Through the use of modern technology, they can relay their labor related concerns and complaints,” Bello said.
The application can be downloaded free-of-charge from the Google Play Store for Android devices and the App Store for Apple devices.
One of the major features of the application is the ‘Wage Calculator’ which will enable the users to compute their wages with their overtime, holiday pays, and the corresponding deductions.
Workers and OFWs will also be able to have immediate access to the labor departments’ hotline numbers, and contact details of labor offices abroad in times of emergency and immediate response. Aside from this, the application can also assist workers to locate the nearest DOLE (branch or POLO) office based on their Global Positioning System location.
A ‘submit an inquiry’ form is available which allows users to send an inquiry, a report, or complaints/violations of their employers to the department for appropriate action.
With the use of their mobile devices, workers will now be informed of their rights and benefits at work by checking into the ‘Handbook for Workers’ Statutory Monetary Benefits – 2019 Edition.’
Latest news and announcements posted from the DOLE’s website, bureaus and attached agencies, and a ‘hot jobs’ button which has a link to PhilJobNet’s website for a more convenient job vacancy viewing and application of candidates, can also be accessed in the application.
The mobile app is one of the developments in client service delivery that will be formally launched during the 86th anniversary of the department next month.
