Invoice goals to create job, coaching facilities for seniors, PWDs pushed

Bicol Saro party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan. INQUIRER FILES

MANILA, Philippines — A invoice in search of to create facilities inside native authorities models (LGUs) that may discover coaching and job alternatives for seniors and individuals with disabilities (PWDs) has been filed on the Home of Representatives.

Bicol Saro Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan on Thursday mentioned that he has filed Home Invoice No. 10630 or the proposed Inclusive Employment Act of 2024, which seeks to ascertain the Native Middle for Inclusive Employment (LCIE).

Below the invoice, the LCIE might be created in all capital cities of provinces, key cities and different strategic areas, and might be positioned as a unit beneath the Public Employment Service Workplace (PESO) of LGUs.

Yamsuan mentioned that the invoice is aimed toward making certain that equal alternatives are given to Filipinos it doesn’t matter what their stature in life is — noting that discrimination nonetheless exists even when there are directives in opposition to it.

“Alam naman po natin na kahit could mga polisiya na tayo na layuning  maging pantay ang oportunidad sa trabaho para sa mga kwalipikadong seniors at PWD, hirap pa rin ang karamihan sa kanila na makahanap ng maayos at disenteng hanapbuhay,” he mentioned.

(Everyone knows that regardless of insurance policies in search of to advertise equal employment alternatives for certified seniors and PWDs, they nonetheless discover it tough to search out good and respectable jobs.)

“Nanatili pa rin ang diskriminasyon laban sa kanila at bukod pa diyan, hindi nila alam kung saang opisina ng gobyerno sila lalapit para matulungan sila sa proseso ng paghahanap ng trabaho,” he added.

(Discrimination of seniors and PWDs nonetheless exists, and except for that, they have no idea which particular authorities workplace can handle their issues, notably about assist in discovering jobs.)

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Based on Yamsuan’s proposal, a few of the LCIE’s duties will embody the next:

• Set up partnerships with employers who shall usually undergo the LCIE an inventory of job vacancies obtainable for PWDs and senior residents of their respective institutions
• Facilitate the change of labor market data between the PWDs and senior residents jobseekers and employers, by offering employment data providers the jobseekers and recruitment help to employers;
• Develop and administer testing and analysis devices for efficient qualification, choice, coaching, and counseling;
• Develop coaching modules for PWDs and senior residents with the intention to enhance their abilities and adjust to the talents requirement of the employer;
• Undertake employability enhancement trainings/seminars for PWDs and senior residents, in addition to these PWDs and senior residents who want to improve their employability
• Present occupational counseling, profession steering, mas motivation and values improvement actions to PWDs and senior citizen;
• Conduct pre-employment counseling and orientation to PWDs and senior residents;
• Present PWDs and senior residents with entry to the varied livelihood and self-employment packages supplied by each authorities and non-government organizations (NGOs) on the provincial, metropolis, municipal, and barangay ranges by enterprise referrals for such packages

The LCIE can be tasked to conduct job festivals for PWDs and seniors, and supply reintegration help providers to PWDs and senior residents who’re both retrenched or terminated.

“Our legislative proposal goals to fill this inadequacy by offering focused help and assets to assist certified people from these weak sectors discover and retain gainful employment,” Yamsuan famous.

The lawmaker mentioned the proposal was created after consulting with seniors and PWDs from Parañaque, his dwelling metropolis.  Based on Yamsuan, many have complained in regards to the lack of presidency help in serving to their sectors discover jobs that match their {qualifications} and abilities.

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Presently, Yamsuan mentioned knowledge from the Philippine Statistics Authority confirmed that solely 353,000 PWDs have been employed, out of the 1.9 million working-age PWDs.

For the senior citizen inhabitants solely 965,200 of two.54 million certified seniors have been employed.