Department of Labor and Employment(DOLE)

February 27, 2019 Dear Meeko Angela Camba, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Feb 20, 2019 12:08:58 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for Figures on senior citizens in the labor force. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. I enclose a copy of some of the information you requested. Attached is the Number and Percent Share of Unemployed Persons by Age Group based on the October 2018 round of Labor Force Survey conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). For the disaggregation by industry and age group, kindly write a formal request to PSA as it is not part of regular publication. 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],ph. 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