8 percent of those covered by the random inspections, she said.
The official said 18 of the 34 establishments have not registered their companies or establishments with DOLE.
As defined in DOLE’s Rule 1020, employers should “register their companies or businesses with regional labor offices or authorized representatives having jurisdiction thereof to form part of a databank of all covered establishments.”
The establishments, “regardless of size of economic activity, whether small, medium or large scale in one single location, shall be one registrable unit,” it said.
Domingo said five establishments failed to submit their annual accident/illness reports while seven others did not enroll their workers with the Social Security System, Philippine Health Insurance Corporation and the Pag-Ibig Fund.
She did not cite the penalties imposed on the erring establishments but most of them have already started to rectify or work on their compliances with their violations.
From January to October this year, DOLE-12 has already inspected a total of 1,029 establishments covering 41,563 workers in the region regarding their compliance with the general labor standards.
Such figure was 29 more or has breached by 2.9 percent the agency’s target of 1,000 establishments for this year.
Of the 1,029 establishments, Domingo said 736 or 71.[]
5 percent were found compliant with the general labor standards, OSH and social welfare benefits.
To date, she added that a total of 37 companies have made corrections at plant level, with restitutions amounting to P2.[]
