Department of Labor and Employment(DOLE)

November 29, 2022 Dear Thelma Tadaya, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Nov 28, 2022 01:34:01 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for Certificate of Involuntary Separation. Response to Request This is to inform you of the process and requirements by which to apply for the issuance of certificate of involuntary separation from your employer. An employee who was involuntarily separated by their employer may file their application for the issuance of certificate of involuntary separation at the following through email: 1. For Local Workers- DOLE Provincial/Field Office where the company or employer is located or where the employee resides: 2. For Overseas Filipino Workers-Philippine Overseas Labor Office- POLO where their employer operates or at the DOLE Field or Provincial Office where the OFW resides. The requirements to substantiate the issuance of the certificate of involuntary separation are as follows: a. at least one valid ID b. copy of the Notice of Termination issued by the employer, in the absence of Notice of Termination, an applicant may submit a duly notarized Affidavit of Termination of Employment. For further assistance, you may call DOLE Cagayan de Oro Field Office at (088) 857-2583 or email them through [email protected] If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Secretary Bienvenido E. Laguesma . Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Help is to continuously improve our FOI Program Implementation by accomplishing the DOLE-FOI Request Feedback Form through this link: bit.ly/DOLE-FOIFeedbackForm. Thank you. Respectfully, Lucila Pulvera FOI Receiving Officer