AN ACT DEFINING THE ROLE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (DOLE), THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS (LGUs), AND ACCREDITED NONGOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS (NGOs) IN THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICE OFFICE (PESO), AND THE OPERATION OF JOB PLACEMENT OFFICES IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS (Els), AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTIONS 3, 5, 6, 7 AND 9 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8759, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICE OFFICE ACT OF 1999”

Sixteenth Congress
Third Regular Session

Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-seventh day of July, two thousand fifteen.

REPUBLIC ACT No. 10691

AN ACT DEFINING THE ROLE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (DOLE), THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS (LGUs), AND ACCREDITED NONGOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS (NGOs) IN THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICE OFFICE (PESO), AND THE OPERATION OF JOB PLACEMENT OFFICES IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS (Els), AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTIONS 3, 5, 6, 7 AND 9 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8759, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICE OFFICE ACT OF 1999”

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:

SECTION 1. Section 3 of Republic Act No. 8759, otherwise known as the “Public Employment Service Office Act of 1999”, is hereby amended to read as follows:

SECTION 2. Section 5 of the same law is hereby amended to read as follows:

SECTION 3. Section 6 of the same law is hereby amended to read as follows:

SECTION 4. Section 7 of the same law is hereby amended to read as follows:

SECTION 5. Section 9 of the same law is hereby amended to read as follows:

SECTION 6. Implementing Rules and Regulations. – The Secretary of Labor and Employment shall issue the necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act within ninety (90) days after its effectivity.

SECTION 7. Separability Clause. – If, for any reason, any section or provision of this Act or any part thereof, or the application of such section, provision or portion is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder thereof shall not be affected by such declaration.

SECTION 8. Repealing Clause. – All laws, decrees, executive orders, proclamations, rules and regulations or any part thereof, which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, are hereby deemed repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION 9. Effectivity. – This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,

This Act which is a consolidation of House Bill No. 4275 and Senate Bill No. 1386 was finally passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on September 1, 2015.

Approved: OCT 26 2015

(Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III
President of the Philippines

“SEC. 3. Establishment of the Public Employment Service Office. – To carry out the above declared policy, there shall be established in all provinces, cities, and municipalities a Public Employment Service Office, hereinafter referred to as ‘PESO’, which shall be operated and maintained by local government units (LGUs). The PESOs shall be linked to the regional offices of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) for coordination and technical supervision, and to the DOLE central office, to constitute the national public employment service network.

“The PESO shall be under the office of the governor, city or municipal mayor. The PESO shall be initially organized by and composed of a PESO manager and may be assisted by a labor and employment officer (LEO) as may be determined by the LGU.

“Upon the request of accredited nongovernment organizations (NGOs) or educational institutions (Els), the DOLE may enter into a memorandum of agreement for the NGO and EI to establish, operate and maintain a PESO and a job placement office, respectively.

“To harmonize the provision of employment services in a given territorial jurisdiction, the PESO at the NGOs and the job placement office in Els shall coordinate their activities with the appropriate LGU PESO.”

“SEC. 5. Functions of the PESO. – The PESO shall have the following functions:

“SEC. 6. Other Services of the PESO. – In addition to the functions enumerated in the preceding section, every PESO shall undertake holistic strategies, programs and activities to transform the PESO into a modern public employment service intermediary that provides multi-dimensional employment facilitation services.”

“SEC. 7. Role of the DOLE and the LGUs. – The LGUs, in coordination with the DOLE, shall establish the PESO.

“It shall be the responsibility of the DOLE to:

“For their part, persons who are seeking employment, particularly the unemployed, shall register at the PESO for employment facilitation assistance. The establishments, on the other hand, shall submit their job vacancies as well as applicants hired to the PESO to ensure the availability of accurate information on supply and demand for skills in the labor market.

“The LGU shall establish a monitoring system wherein establishments operating in the locality shall report the following relevant labor market information to the concerned office of the LGU:

“The information shall be submitted to the PESO for job matching and to Els for career guidance of the students.

“It shall be the responsibility of the concerned LGU to:

“SEC. 9. Funding. – The funding for the operation and maintenance of the PESO shall be provided by the LGU from its internal revenue allotment and other internally generated income of the LGU concerned. Likewise, the operation and maintenance of the NGO PESOs and job placement offices of Els shall be charged against their internally generated income.

“Funds for the provision of technical assistance, training and supervision of the PESO shall be included in the budget of the DOLE in the annual General Appropriations Act.

“The amount necessary to implement the provisions of this Act shall be included by the Department of Budget and Management in the annual General Appropriations Act.”