Department of Labor and Employment(DOLE)

December 15, 2022 Dear Bernadette Macabebe, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Dec 14, 2022 11:58:36 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for Unemployment rate in Philippines. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. I enclose a copy of some of the information you requested. Attached is the results of the Labor Force Survey conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority. Please note that we are only able to provide some of the information you have requested for as the LFS only provides the unemployment rate of all economically active population regardless if they have just finished college. For more information, you may visit https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/survey/labor-and-employment/labor-force-survey/title/Employment%20Rate%20in%20September%202022%20is%20Estimated%20at%2095.0%20Percent 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 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