DOLE, PHILJA to develop National Academy of Labor Justice

MANILA — The Department of Labor and Employment has partnered with the Philippine Judicial Academy to develop programs for the planned National Academy of Labor Justice.

A memorandum of understanding was signed at the PHILJA Training Center in Tagaytay between DOLE and PHILJA officials, led by Labor Secretary Francis Tolentino and PHILJA Chancellor Justice Edgardo Delos Santos.

The two officials said this is the first educational institution that will be dedicated to advocating workers’ rights and labor justice in the country.

Tolentino said the planned school will train labor inspectors, labor arbiters and potential commissioners of the National Labor Relations Commission

“Mga estudyante na rin na nagugustuhang pumasok sa labor laws, labor justice,” he said.

(Students who want to get into labor laws, labor justice as well.)

He added that the new school will develop the understanding and study of labor justice in the country to protect workers’ rights and help employers.

Justice Delos Santos said PHILJA, which is the training arm of the Supreme Court, “will provide technical, academic, and advisory assistance particularly in developing the academy’s mission curriculum, organizational framework, and training programs.”

NALJ will serve as DOLE’s exclusive and mandatory training institution for the professional development, capacity-building, and continuing education of labor justice practitioners.