Department of Labor and Employment (Philippines)

Department of Labor and Employment
Kagawaran ng Paggawa at Empleo
Logo of the department
Flag of the department

DOLE building, Intramuros, Manila
Department overview
FormedDecember 8, 1933 (1933-12-08)
HeadquartersDOLE Building, Muralla corner General Luna St., Intramuros, Manila
Employees2,109 (2024)[1]
Annual budgetDecrease 41.4 billion (2023) [2]
Minister responsible
Department executive
  • Hero S. Hernandez, Head Executive Assistant, Office of the Secretary
Websitewww.dole.gov.ph

The Department of Labor and Employment (Filipino: Kagawaran ng Paggawa at Empleo;[3] DOLE) is one of the executive departments of the Philippine government mandated to formulate policies, implement programs and services, and serve as the policy-coordinating arm of the Executive Branch in the field of labor and employment. It is tasked with the enforcement of the provisions of the Labor Code.[4]

  1. ^ Department of Budget and Management. "Staffing Summary Fiscal Year 2024" (PDF). Retrieved April 24, 2025.
  2. ^ "People's Proposed Budget 2023" (PDF). Department of Budget and Management. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  3. ^ "Mga Pangalan ng Tanggapan ng Pamahalaan sa Filipino" (PDF). Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (in Filipino). 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 29, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  4. ^ "Labor Code of the Philippines". Philippine Government. Retrieved June 1, 2009.

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