In August 2015, employees of the Institute for Labor Studies (ILS) planted four hundred (400) Pitogo and Bitaog seedlings to reforest an 11-hectare beachfront in Brgy. Reserva, Baler, Aurora. In its December 2016 on-site visit of the tree planting project, the ILS validation team observed that about eighty-five percent (85%) of the planted seedlings have survived and are now thriving. This was confirmed by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources Community Environment and Natural Resources Extension Office – Aurora (DENR CENRO-Aurora).
Manila – The Institute for Labor Studies hosted the Human Resource Development (HRD) Roadmap consultation meeting for 2016 last December 21, at the Hotel Jen, Roxas Boulevard, Manila.
Manila – The Institute for Labor Studies retains its ISO 9001:2008 Certification for 2016 after it passed its first surveillance audit conducted by Ms. Merian Domingo of AJA Registrars, Inc. last December 6 at the ILS Office.
Tasked as the policy research and advocacy arm of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) as articulated in Section 3 of DOLE Executive Order No. 251, the Institute for Labor Studies (ILS) reports that for 2016, it was able to produce researches anchored on Labor and Employment Secretary Silvestre H. Bello’s 8-Point Labor and Employment Agenda, and aligned with the Department’s goal “to have responsive, enabling, and equitable labor policies, laws, and regulations.”
At least four types of Overseas Filipino Workers were identified during the validation and presentation of the research paper, “Typology of Returning OFWs: Phase 1 (Asia),” done by both the Institute for Labor Studies (ILS) and the National Reintegration Center for OFWs (NRCO) last December 21, 2016 at Hotel Jen, Roxas Boulevard, Manila.
Participants included staff from NRCO Central Office and their regional coordinators who participated in the study, along with ILS staff who were involved in the conduct of the said research.