Department of Labor and Employment(DOLE)

February 21, 2018 Dear Marlon Agustin, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Feb 08, 2018 12:09:51 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for Unemployment rate and unfilled Job vacancies. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. I enclose a copy of some of the information you requested. Attached is the summary of Philippine Employment Rate (2000-2017) based on the Labor Force Survey conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). Also attached is the results of Integrated Survey on Labor and Employment by PSA which features the number of job vacancies in establishments with 20 or more workers. For the data on OFWs, kindly coordinate with Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) at electronic mail address [email protected]. 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 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, Ruth Rodriguez FOI Receiving Officer