By Marilyn Galang/PNA
PALAYAN CITY, Nueva Ecija — The Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) field office in Nueva Ecija has transferred to a new location here to provide better services to its clients.
The new provincial labor office is located at the 2nd Floor of the Government Building, Palayan City Business Hub (PCBH) in Barangay Singalat, this city.
DOLE-3 (Central Luzon) Director Zenaida Angara-Campita disclosed on Monday that the new field office was turned over to them free of charge.
“We are very fortunate that the PCBH management has given us an adequate office space, furniture, and fixture at no cost at all for the department. This new office enables us to further improve the delivery of our programs and services,” Campita said.
“Our only expense would be on electricity, water, and a few more office equipment, which are very necessary for our day-to-day operations,” she added.
The 250-square meter office space enables the agency to provide services for soon-to-open locators engaged in business process outsourcing (BPO) that would generate some 13,000 jobs.
Clients from these locators will be able to avail of the labor office’s services, particularly advisories, requests for assistance, mediation services, and facilitation for employment and welfare assistance.
It will also be able to serve other locators, government offices, hotels and restaurants, and educational institutions that will soon be housed in the PCBH and nearby areas.
The DOLE field office joins the rest of the allied agencies at the One-Stop Shop Center for OFWs (OSSCO) housed in the PCBH.
Other DOLE attached agencies in the OSSCO include the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration, Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, and Professional Regulation Commission.
Also in the OSSCO are agencies providing pre-employment requirements, such as the Philippine Statistics authority, National Bureau of Investigation, and Department of Foreign Affairs.
Meanwhile, social services agencies, such as the Social Security System, Philippine Health Insurance Corp., and Home Mutual Development Fund (HMDF or Pag-IBIG) are also holding office in the PCBH.
Likewise, the Bureau of Internal Revenue and Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority are also offering their services at the OSSCO.
“With the DOLE Nueva Ecija field office now operating at the OSCCO-PCBH, clients are assured of the speedy delivery of DOLE interventions within the new economic zone,” Campita said.
