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Manila – The Institute for Labor Studies remains among the attached agencies of the Department of Labor and Employment, which received a 100% Transparency Seal compliance status in the Q1 2024. As part of the ongoing enhancement and enforcement of accountability and delivery of quality services, all government agencies are required to comply with Transparency Seal per DOLE AO 357 Series of 2023 and GAA Fund Compliance 2024.

Quezon City – The Institute for Labor Studies, together with the Bureau of Local Employment, Planning Service, and regional offices of the Department of Labor and Employment, has successfully concluded the Regional Pre-Employment Summit Consultations during its final leg in Luzon Cluster held on 13 to 14 June 2024, at the Park Inn by Radisson North ESDA, Quezon City.

Quezon City – The Institute for Labor Studies, together with the Bureau of Local Employment, Planning Service, and regional offices of the Department of Labor and Employment, has successfully concluded the Regional Pre-Employment Summit Consultations during its final leg in Luzon Cluster held on 13 to 14 June 2024, at the Park Inn by Radisson North ESDA, Quezon City.

Panglao, Bohol – The Institute for Labor Studies joined the regional pre-summit consultation meeting in the Visayas region, together with the Bureau of Local Employment, Planning Service and regional offices of the Department of Labor and Employment, on May 15 to 16, 2024, at Henan Hotel, Panglao, Bohol.

Manila – The Institute of Labor Studies, consistent with its commitment of bridging research, policy and practice, conducted a training for its employees through an orientation by the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) on its Whole-of-Government (WOG) Reengineering Manual held on May 14, 2024 via the Zoom platform.

The research teams of the eight target studies by the Institute for Labor Studies are now in their data-gathering phase with surveys and focused-group discussions conducted in various regions of the country.

Manila – The Institute conducted a two-day learning session and workshop involving the management and the Gender and Development Focal Point System (GFPS) on the development of a six-year gender and development (GAD) agenda as required in the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) Memorandum Circular No. 2018-04.

The Institute for Labor Studies (ILS) has once again secured an unmodifed opinion’ from the Commission on Audit (COA) for its 2023 Financial Audit Report. This marks the 12^th consecutive year that the Institute has received the recognition.

1. In recent months, bills proposing a nationally legislated across-the-board wage increase for workers in the private sector, ranging from Php 100.00 per day to Php 750.00 per day, have been filed and deliberated in both houses of Congress. These bills seek to amend or repeal the current system of increasing wages for employees in private establishments, which Congress established in 1989 through Republic Act No. 6727, otherwise known as the Wage Rationalization Act.

Manila – The Institute for Labor Studies (ILS) conducted a capacity-building and immersive internal audit and quality management systems course attended by select employees of the Institute on April 11 to 12, 2024, at the ILS office, Intramuros, Manila.