Jobseekers look for available jobs during the Marikina City Government's Job Fair 2024 held at the Marikina City Hall, April 27, 2024. A total of 28 private companies participated in the job fair. The event is open to all Filipinos 18 years old and up, high school graduate, college level, or college graduate. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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Zen Hernandez

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MANILA - The Department of Labor and Employment will hold a job fair on May 1 to mark Labor Day with over 200,000 job vacancies on offer.DOLE said its Labor Day Job Fair, will have 95 venues, over 2,400 participating employers and 204,818 job vacancies nationwide.The agency said this is almost triple the job vacancies offered during the same event in 2023. The last time the government was able to offer this number of jobs was in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.Registration for applicants is still online through the government employment portal Philjobnet. The top 5 vacancies include:<div> </div>1. Production workers / operators - 22,3722. Customer Service Representatives - 16,3053. Cashier / bagger / sales clerk - 13,7704. Laborer / carpenters / painters - 9,1355. Service crew / cook / waiter / server - 5,971<div> </div>The job fair will also provide a venue for President Fedinand Marcos Jr&#x27;s Kadiwa program, along with payouts for DOLE’s livelihood and Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD). The majority of TUPAD beneficiaries are workers affected by El Niño.“As of this month, natulungan na po natin yung mahigit na 35,000 na benepisyaryo under TUPAD at ginugol din po natin dito yung 163 million pesos para sa kanilang salaries,” said Labor Undersecretary Benjo Benavidez.<div> </div><div>LEGISLATED WAGE HIKE </div>Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma meanwhile said small businesses will be affected by a legislated wage hike, and that it is better for unions and businesses to enter into collective bargaining agreements.Several bills are pending in the Senate and House of Representatives seeking to raise the minimum wage by P100 up to P750 per day.Labor groups are urging Marcos to certify the wage hike proposals as urgent and demand that the DOLE also help in lobbying for the pending bills. “Hindi pwede kasi na sabihin natin lahat ng kumpanya dapat bigyan mo ng ganito, titignan natin ang capacity, kakayahan,” Laguesma said.( We can&#x27;t tell all firms to give this [amount]. We should look at their capacity.)He said minimum wage adjustments result in wage distortions that force employers to adjust other wage levels.  Laguesma however assured that the DOLE will be ready to provide legislators with technical inputs during deliberations for the wage hike proposals.The DOLE also said the focus should be on what it believes are positive developments and plans that the Marcos administration has for workers.A Labor Day program is set to be held in Malacañang on May 1 with President Marcos to celebrate the golden anniversary of the Labor Code of the Philippines, signed in 1974.The DOLE is also aiming to construct a Workers Rehabilitation Center this year for workers who had accidents.The country’s unemployment rate fell to 3.5 percent in February, with 1.8 million Filipino workers out of work.

DOLE said its Labor Day Job Fair, will have 95 venues, over 2,400 participating employers and 204,818 job vacancies nationwide.

DOLE said its Labor Day Job Fair, will have 95 venues, over 2,400 participating employers and 204,818 job vacancies nationwide.

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200,000 jobs available in Labor Day job fair: DOLE

200,000 jobs available in Labor Day job fair: DOLE

Zen Hernandez,

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Published Apr 29, 2024 05:14 PM PHT

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