Department of Labor and Employment(DOLE)

January 31, 2022 Dear Rona Ramos, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Jan 17, 2022 08:12:27 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for Statistics of workers affected by COVID-19 pandemic lockdown per industry/sector and Regions. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. I enclose a copy of the information you requested. Kindly note that the attached data is based on the establishment reports submitted through the DOLE Online Reporting System (ERS). Please refrain from disseminating the actual document. Thank you. 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, Grace Baldoza FOI Receiving Officer