Department of Labor and Employment(DOLE)

June 14, 2023 Dear Sarah Joy Olores-Peñaflorida, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated May 24, 2023 05:30:42 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for Inquiry on Salary Differential (Maternity). Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. I enclose a copy of some of the information you requested. 1. Article on Salary differential under the new maternity leave law from Philippine Commission on Women. https://www.pwc.com/ph/en/tax/tax-publications/taxwise-or-otherwise/2019-taxwise-or-otherwise/salary-differential-under-the-new-maternity-leave-law.html 2. Department Order No. 01 series of 2019 – “Guidelines on the Computation of Salary Differential of Female Workers during her Maternity Leave and its criteria for Exemption pursuant to RA No. 11210 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations” https://www.dole.gov.ph/php_assets/uploads/2019/07/DA-01-19-Guidelines-on-the-Computation-of-Salary-Differential-of-Female-Workers-during-her-Maternity.pdf You may also try to contact DOLE Direct Hotline 1349 or call the DOLE-Bureau of Working Conditions at: Bureau of Working Conditions Department of Labor and Employment 3rd Floor, DOLE Building, Muralla cor. Gen. Luna Streets, Intramuros, Manila Telephone: 8527-3000 local 308 Fax: 8527-3478 Email : [email protected] Website : www.bwc.dole.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 Bienvenido E. Laguesma at DOLE Building, Muralla St., Intramuros, Manila. 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 us to continuously improve our FOI Program Implementation by accomplishing the DOLE-FOI Request Feedback Form through this link: bit.ly/DOLE-FOIFeedbackForm. Thank you so much and keep safe! Respectfully, Zyra Glerica E. Perlora FOI Receiving Officer