Department of Labor and Employment(DOLE)

December 20, 2023 Dear John Berjuega, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Dec 20, 2023 12:14:47 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your request You asked for The law about 13month pay and when to release it. Response to your request We were able to determine that this particular information is already available online and therefore cannot be counted as a valid FOI request. You may retrieve your requested information from https://www.dole.gov.ph/news/labor-advisory-no-25-23-guidelines-on-the-payment-of-thirteenth-month-pay/. For convenience, we have also attached Labor Advisory No. 25 series of 2023. 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 DOLE Secretary Bienvenido E. Laguesma at Department of Labor and Employment, 7th Floor, DOLE Building, Intramuros, Manila or via email 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). Help us to continuously improve our FOI Program Implementation by accomplishing the DOLE RO5 FOI Request Feedback Form through this link: https://bit.ly/3MB8I4B. Thank you. Respectfully, Rizaliz A. Vargas FOI Receiving Officer