Department of Labor and Employment(DOLE)

May 23, 2019 Dear Sophia Abalona, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated May 21, 2019 11:01:49 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for Employees of Furniture Industry. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. I enclose a copy of some of the information you requested. Attached is the result of 2016 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI) conducted by the Phillippine Statistics Authority (PSA). It contains the average employment per establishment. For the data on labor productivity, we are sending you a copy of the Current Labor Statistics - October 2018 published by PSA which enumerates the labor productivity by sector. For more information, you may visit www.psa.gov.ph. Your right to request a review 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 Silvestre H. Bello III at [email protected]. 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). Thank you. Respectfully, Gerardo Abordo FOI Receiving Officer