DOLE sets distribution of ₧5K aid for workers

STARTING next week, qualified displaced workers and establishments may apply for the latest round of Covid-19 Adjustment Measures Program (CAMP) of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).

Labor Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III signed on Thursday, Department Order (DO) No. 232, Series of 2022 containing the guidelines for the implementation of the program.

CAMP 2022, which has an allocated P1-billion budget will cover workers who were affected (either displaced/temporarily laid-off) during the implementation of Alert Level 3 or higher in their localities.

Beneficiaries will receive a onetime P5,000 cash aid.

Labor Assistant Secretary Dominique R. Tutay said they could start accepting applicants by next week.

“It [DO 232] will take effect after it is published. We may be able to publish it during the weekend since it was just signed. We will open the application system by Monday [January 24],” Tutay told the Businessmirror in a Viber message.

Documentary requirements

WHILE waiting for the opening of CAMP 2022, DOLE spokesman Rolly Francia advised employers and would-be beneficiaries to start preparing the documentary requirements for their application.

“In this way they can already submit as soon as we start accepting applications online,” Francia said.

DOLE said the qualified workers or their employers could file their application for CAMP 2022.

Private companies, which will apply for CAMP 2022, must have submitted a report of temporary closure or permanent closure through DOLE’S Establishment Reporting System (ERS) covering January 2022 onwards provided that applicant is situated in areas under Alert Level 3 or higher.