Salient Points of the JobStart Philippines Act

The JobStart Philippines Program aims to shorten the youth’s school to work transition by enhancing the knowledge and skills acquired in formal education or technical training by jobseekers in order for them to become more responsive to the demands of the labor market. With the participation of the private sector and other stakeholders, the program will also help develop the life skills of the youth, including those relevant to the values of professionalism and work appreciation, and provide trainees with a conducive and safe work environment or venue where they can apply relevant theories and code of ethics. Another objective of the program is to further improve the delivery of employment facilitation services of the Public Employment Service Office (PESO).

What are the qualifications of a JobStart Trainee?

To qualify as a JobStart trainee, a person shall:

1. Be a Filipino citizen;

2. Be eighteen (18) to twenty-four (24) years of age at the time of the registration period. Those who are seventeen (17) years old may also register provided that they will be eighteen (18) years old at the time of the technical training;

3. Have at least reached high school level;

4. Not be employed, studying, or undergoing training at the time of the registration; and

5. Have no work experience or have less than one (1) year of accumulated work experience.

The JobStart registrant shall be considered as a trainee and not as an employee of the participating employer for the duration of the training program. JobStart graduates shall be given preference in the hiring of workers by the participating employers. After life skills training, the PESO shall assess and determine whether the JobStart trainee is ready to be referred for decent employment or would require further training.

The trainees shall receive a daily training allowance from the JobStart unit beginning from the life skills training stage to the technical training stage. The amount of the training allowance shall be determined by the DOLE.

What is the DOLE’s role?

It shall be the executing agency of the JobStart Philippines Program. The Bureau of Labor Employment (BLE) shall serve as the program manager that shall provide the necessary technical and administrative assistance to concerned regional and field offices, and PESO. The DOLE regional and field offices shall supervise and monitor the implementation of the JobStart activities in their respective jurisdiction. The DOLE shall conduct capacity-building activities to train the PESO in adopting the new model on employment facilitation services, particularly on career coaching and life skills.

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