MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) on Tuesday said it would roll out emergency and reemployment assistance to workers who will be affected by the total ban announced by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogos).
The year-end deadline given by Marcos to close all Pogos will provide Dole with a “window” to prepare and implement its “interventions,” Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma said in an interview on dwFM.
Laguesma said Dole’s emergency employment, skills upgrade and retooling, training and employment facilitation programs will be based on the “profiling” to be conducted for Filipino workers directly employed by Pogos.
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