The Department of Labor has cited a 46-percent closure rate for labor complaints this year.<\/p>\n
Alfred Pangelinan, in his remarks during the first annual workforce development summit held Thursday, said there were 4,417 total complaints filed from 1997 to 2006.<\/p>\n
A total of 2,151 of these complaints remained as of January this year.<\/p>\n
As of Oct. 30, 2006, he said that the department has solved 997 of these cases.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe new administration inherited 2,151 pending labor complaints from 1997 to 2006. There were 997 cases closed in the 10-month period. This is a 46-percent closure ratio,\u201d said Pangelinan.<\/p>\n
Further, he told the audience, consisting mainly of employers, that the processing of applications \u201cis now more consistent with the requirements of the law.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said the Fitial administration inherited a backlog in processing of contracts, including those filed one year and six months ago.<\/p>\n
To date, he said that the department is reviewing October 2006 applications.<\/p>\n
The processing delay, he said, has been caused by the lack of personnel in the department. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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