Labor Assistant Secretary and Concurrent BLE Director Dominique Rubia-Tutay was featured together with 20 other Career Executive Service Officers and Eligibles (CESOs/CESEs) in the 2020 Special Issue of The Public Manager. The special issue focuses on the COVID-19 pandemic and how career officials responded to the call of public service in the time of COVID-19 pandemic. The featured leaders shared their reflections and insights on how they navigate the “new normal”.

On 24 May 2021, the Department of Labor and Employment’s Technical Working Group (TWG) on Mission Critical Skills (MCS) organized a meeting with the Department of Health and former DOLE Secretary Marianito Roque to discuss the issue of healthcare worker (HCW) supply and demand gaps. This is in line with DOLE’s proposal of facilitating the re-employment of nurses returning from abroad by providing them opportunities in available government and private hospital vacancies.

Public Employment Service Office (PESO) professionalization is critical for the standardization and continuity of Public Employment Service (PES) as they move towards institutionalization. To this end, the Department of Labor and Employment – Bureau of Local Employment and the PES Training Regulation (TR) Developers who are among the PESO Hall of Fame Awardees of the annual Search for Best PESO, have developed five (5) TRs for PESO staff. These TRs cover the core PES functions such as Labor Market Information, Placement and Referral, Livelihood and Self-Employment, Career Guidance and Employment Coaching, and Special Programs.


Labor Assistant Secretary and Concurrent BLE Director Dominique Rubia-Tutay has accepted the invitation to join as an esteemed member of the Executive Subcommittee on Business Resiliency and Continuity for the Employers’ Confederation of the Philippines’ (ECOP) Kapatiran sa Industriya (KAPATID) Awards 2021. The KAPATID Awards is a biennial awards activity of ECOP recognizing companies that excel in industrial relations, quality and productivity, responsible business conduct, and strategic visioning for business growth and job generation.

Following last year’s postponement of the annual National PESO Congress, which was supposed to also celebrate the Public Employment Service Offices’ (PESO) 20th anniversary, the Department of Labor Employment through the Bureau of Local Employment and DOLE Regional Office X, in cooperation with the PESO Managers’ Association of the Philippines (PESOMAP) Inc., sees the opportunity to move forward with the conduct of this year’s 21st National PESO Congress.

After a long series of consultations, one of the Local Government Units’ most anticipated award – the Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) has officially included in its criteria as provided under the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Memorandum Circular No. 042 series of 2021 the requirement for the establishment and institutionalization of the Public Employment Service Office (PESO) in all LGUs nationwide.

More than 80,000 jobseekers registered during the 2021 Labor Day Job Fair organized by the Department from 01-05 May 2021, according to Labor Assistant Secretary and Concurrent BLE Director Dominique Rubia-Tutay. This, alongside pertinent information on the Department’s Labor Day initiatives, such as Trabaho, Negosyo, Kabuhayan and the National Employment Recovery Strategy, were shared to viewers of Konsyumer ATBP on Super Radyo DZBB last 8 May 2021.  

  1. 80k Jobseekers Participate in Labor Day Online Job Fair
  2. Employment Recovery Strategy Laid Out at Labor Day Job Summit
  3. Asec. Rubia-Tutay Outlines BLE’s Labor Day Commitments

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