{"id":133041,"date":"2017-11-21T22:06:10","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T03:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=133041"},"modified":"2017-11-21T22:06:10","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T03:06:10","slug":"no-labor-inspections-during-holiday-season-dole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/11\/21\/no-labor-inspections-during-holiday-season-dole\/","title":{"rendered":"No labor inspections during holiday season: DOLE"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_103546\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103546\" style=\"width: 391px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_4754.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-103546\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_4754.jpg\" alt=\"FILE: The move seeks to prevent the agency's employees from receiving bribes or gifts from private companies. (Photo: Philippine News Agency)\" width=\"391\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_4754.jpg 391w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_4754-300x288.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-103546\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: The move seeks to prevent the agency&#8217;s employees from receiving bribes or gifts from private companies. (Photo: Philippine News Agency)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong> \u2014 The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will suspend the inspection of business establishments in the country during the holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>The move seeks to prevent the agency&#8217;s employees from receiving bribes or gifts from private companies.<\/p>\n<p>According to Undersecretary Joel Maglunsod, the inspection being conducted by Labor Law Compliance Officers (LLCOs) in different companies nationwide will be suspended from December 8, 2017 to January 7, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are suspending the inspection of business establishments from December 8 to January 7, 2018,\u201d he said in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Wala naman intensyon na manghingi pero huwag na natin sila gatungan o i<\/em>-expose\u00a0<em>sa<\/em>\u00a0temptation, (There is no intention to ask but it&#8217;s better for them [LLCOs] not to be exposed to temptation)\u201d Maglunsod added.<\/p>\n<p>He reminded business establishments to report anybody who will claim to conduct assessment during the said period.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there are inspections that will be conducted, call us because those are not authorized,\u201d Maglunsod said.<\/p>\n<p>The DOLE conducts an assessment of business establishments nationwide to determine whether companies are complying with general labor standards and occupational health and safety measures in workplaces.\u00a0<em><strong>(PNA)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2014 The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will suspend the inspection of business establishments in the country during &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":103546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[18678,26402,34471,34470],"class_list":["post-133041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-department-of-labor-and-employment-dole","tag-holiday-season","tag-labor-inspections","tag-undersecretary-joel-maglunsod","mauthors-ferdinand-patinio","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}