Text of the provision
Art. 14. Employment promotion. The Secretary of Labor shall have the power and authority: To organize and establish new employment offices in addition to the existing employment offices under the Department of Labor as the need arises; To organize and establish a nationwide job clearance and information system to inform applicants registering with a particular employment office of job opportunities in other parts of the country as well as job opportunities abroad; To develop and organize a program that will facilitate occupational, industrial and geographical mobility of labor and provide assistance in the relocation of workers from one area to another; and To require any person, establishment, organization or institution to submit such employment information as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Labor.
Labor Code of the Philippines, Presidential Decree No. 442, as amended. Reproduced in full from the official enactment and verified against the LawPhil and ChanRobles renderings.
What this article means
The Secretary of Labor may set up new employment offices, run a nationwide job clearance and information system covering openings here and abroad, and build programs helping workers move between occupations, industries and places. He may also require any establishment to submit employment information.
Related provisions
- Article 13 — Key Recruitment Terms Defined.
- Article 16 — Recruitment Limited To Public Offices.
A note on article numbers. The articles of the Labor Code have been administratively renumbered, so the same provision is often cited under a different number. Supreme Court decisions write both, in the form “Article 297 [282]” — the new number first, the original in brackets. The text on this page is published under its original number, which is the numbering both source texts use. When citing, check which numbering your source follows.
Cases interpreting this article
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