PSA to conduct integrated survey on labor,
employment, 2014 occupational wages
By Villa S. Bayotas
BUTUAN CITY, Sept. 14 (PIA) - The Philippine
Statistics Authority (PSA) Caraga will be conducting the 2013 and 2014
Integrated Survey on Labor and Employment (ISLE) and the 2014 Occupational
Wages Survey (OWS) starting September this year.
This survey is formerly conducted by the Bureau
of Labor and Employment Statistics (BLES). BLES is one of the agencies merged
with three other agencies (National Statistics Office, Bureau of Agricultural
Statistics and National Statistical Coordination Board) and now known as
Philippine Statistics Authority.
The ISLE aims to generate integrated data sets
on employment of specific groups of workers; occupational shortages and
surpluses; training of workers; productivity improvement and gainsharing
practices; occupational safety and health practices; occupational injuries and
diseases; and labor cost of employees. The OWS focuses on employment and wage
rates of time-rate workers on full-time basis in selected occupations in
selected industries.
In Caraga, PSA Hired Enumerators will be
responsible for the distribution and collection of the questionnaires to the
establishments starting at any time this September, 2014. PSA is authorized to
collect information from businesses and industries under Republic Act No.
10625. The information collected shall be kept strictly confidential and shall
not be used for purposes of taxation, investigation or regulation as provided
under Article 55 of RA 10625. (PSA-13/PIA-Caraga)
