Labour inspection

Managing the Inspectorate for Strategic Labour Laws Compliance Executive Course

Regional managers of DOLE gained better understanding on legal and technical aspects of labour inspection to help improve quality, consistency and policy coherence of decisions and enforcement powers. With the support of the ILO USDOL Project on Building the Capacity of the Philippines Labour Inspectorate, the course further contributed to strategically managing the labour inspectorate for improved labour laws compliance, based on inspection data and labour market information.

Executive Course on Managing the Inspectorate for Strategic Labour Laws Compliance brought together officials and regional directors of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) from 16 regions in the Philippines to:
  • enhance the knowledge of regional managers on the legal and technical aspects of the visitorial and enforcement powers of the labour inspectorate;
  • help improve the quality, consistency and policy coherence of orders, resolutions and decisions on cases arising from the exercise of the visitorial and enforcement powers of the labour inspectorate;
  • enhance the capacity of participants in strategically planning for inspection and in managing the inspection programme; and
  • generate regional inputs, recommendations and consensus in reviewing or formulating rules, regulations and guidelines to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the visitorial and enforcement power.
The ILO US Department of Labor (USDOL) project on Building the Capacity of the Philippines Labour Inspectorate organized a series of training courses on labour inspection in partnership with DOLE. Through the executive course, regional and field directors and training participants:
  • demonstrated consistent understanding on the substantive and procedural aspects of labour standards;
  • gained updated knowledge and enhanced competencies in administering and enforcing labour standards, and in deciding cases within the scope of their jurisdiction;
  • demonstrated enhanced ability to incorporate region-specific economic and labour market factors in preparing, implementing and monitoring inspection strategies, plans and targets; and
  • agreed on common approaches and ways to promote policy consistency and coherence in the exercise of the visitorial and enforcement power, and promoted efficiency and effectiveness of the inspection programme.