4,914 Workers Participated in DOLE’s COPE Training

Kalibo, Aklan. The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Aklan Field Office facilitated the conduct of 16 sessions of the Compensation, Occupational Safety and Health, and Productivity for Employment (COPE) Training last September 2018. It was attended by a total of 4,914 formal sector workers from the different municipalities of Aklan as well as the neighboring provinces of Antique and Capiz, who were displaced, suspended and retained due to the temporary closure of Boracay Island.

The COPE Training is an initiative of DOLE Region 6 in partnership with Employee’s Compensation Commission (ECC), Occupational Safety and Health Commission (OSHC), and Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB). It aims to raise awareness to participants on their ECC Benefits, occupational safety and health tips from OSHC, and on how to increase their productivity at work with the presentation from the RTWPB.

COPE was also implemented to help the beneficiaries and applicants of BEEP Adjustment Measures Program (BEEP AMP) comply with the conditional requirements of the program to avail of its benefits. Under the program’s guidelines, qualified applicants have to submit two job contacts and one training certificate.

It should be remembered that BEEP AMP was implemented to mitigate the adverse economic impact of the temporary closure and rehabilitation of the Boracay Island. The program provided financial support, employment, livelihood and training to formal sector workers.

The COPE Trainings were conducted on the following dates and venues:
Boracay Holiday Resort, Boracay, Malay, Aklan  –  September 12 – 13, and 19 – 20
Caticlan Covered Court, Caticlan, Malay, Aklan  –  September 14 and 21
ABL Sports Complex, Kalibo, Aklan –  September 25 – 26

- DOLE 6