Dole holds temporary office at Medical City in Clark

• Source:http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2016/03/09/dole-holds-temporary-office-medical-city-clark-461625
• Thursday, March 10, 2016

By Jerry Borja (DOLE-3 LCO)

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- The Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) announced Tuesday that the Dole Clark Satellite Office (CSO) is now open to serve clients within the Clark Freeport Zone (CFZ).

The Dole CSO at the moment is holding its temporary office at the second floor of Medical City Clark-Ambulatory Center, Jose Abad Santos Avenue, Berthaphil Center 3 Compound, Clark Freeport.

Dole Regional Director Ana Dione said that the DOLE CSO was established to bridge the Dole's programs and services closer to its clients coming from the Freeport’s locators.

“We have about more than 75,000 workers employed from 794 registered locators at the Clark Freeport Zone. With more investors and employment opportunities generated at the Clark Freeport Zone, it is but timely and fitting to establish an office in this area in order to reduce the influx of clients visiting our Regional Office and Pampanga Field Office,” Dione explained.

“With a satellite office here at the Clark Freeport Zone, it will be more convenient for our clients to visit our office here instead of spending additional transportation costs and enduring heavy traffic just to visit our offices in the City of San Fernando to avail of our programs and services,” she added.

Aside from Clark, the DOLE CSO will also be able to serve clients from the cities of Angeles and Mabalacat, Magalang town, and nearby areas.

The following programs and services which can be immediately availed are Labor and Employment Education Services (LEES), Single Entry Approach (SEnA) Program, and various regulatory programs.

In addition, the office also can receive reportorial requirements on Joint-Assessments under the Labor Laws Compliance System (LLCS) and evaluation on Construction Safety and Health Program (CSHP).

At present, the DOLE CSO is manned by six personnel and headed by Labor Laws Compliance Officer (LLCO)/Senior Labor and Employment Officer Antonio Sicat, Jr.

Under Sicat’s supervision are Labor and Employment Officers Fidel Gonzales, Limuel Gutierrez, Fernando Mallari IV, Joseph Santos, and Adrianne Bondoc, all of whom also function as LLCOs.

The DOLE CSO’s day to day operation is monitored by the DOLE regional office’s Technical Support and Services Division for Labor Relations and Labor Standards.

The DOLE CSO in the future will be transferred to a permanent one-stop-shop location of various government offices to be determined by the Clark Development Corporation.

With the DOLE CSO in place, clients from the Clark Freeport Zone will now be able to conveniently access the DOLE’s programs and services the easier way.

The DOLE CSO can be reached through its hotline number 0917-5664857 and email address at dolero3clark@gmail.com.