Department of Labor and Employment(DOLE)

July 10, 2020 Dear Roben Casalda, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Jun 29, 2020 06:24:35 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for number of companies filed for retrenchment, closure and flexible working arrangement. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. I enclose a copy of the information you requested. Attached is the briefer on job displacement as of 05 July 2020. It may be noted that displacements due to retrenchment and permanent closure were attributed to economic causes such as financial losses, lack of capital, redundancy, downsizing, etc. and not specifically due to COVID-19. Meanwhile, DOLE through the Labor Advisory 9 (https://www.dole.gov.ph/news/labor-advisory-no-09-20-guidelines-on-the-implementation-of-flexible-work-arrangements-as-remedial-measure-due-to-the-ongoing-outbreak-of-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/) monitored the number of establishments which resorted to flexible work arrangements and temporary closures due to COVID-19. Please do not circulate the actual document. 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 electronic mail address [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, John Christopher Lapiz FOI Receiving Officer