The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will implement two programs this week for workers who were affected by the severe weather disturbances experienced in several regions last week.

Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma said the DOLE regional offices have conducted profiling of workers in some areas affected by flooding due to Tropical Storms Crising and Dante and Typhoon Emong, as well as the southwest monsoon.

“Last week, despite the bad weather, our frontliners began to communicate with those who were affected by the typhoon and the southwest monsoon,” he said in a statement.

“Profiling has already been done, and hopefully, with the improvement of the weather this week, the implementation of our program will begin,” the DOLE chief said.

Laguesma said the affected workers will be provided emergency employment and livelihood assistance.

“First, it concerns the provision of temporary emergency employment,” he said. “And, second, we will also look at how we can help them in terms of livelihood, so that our workers and fellow Filipinos who were affected by the previous weather disturbances can have some relief.”

Under the temporary emergency employment program, affected individuals are given 10 to 30 days of community work, particularly in times of disaster and calamities, enabling them to contribute to improving and rehabilitating their respective communities.

Inclement weather caused flooding and damaged infrastructure in the Cordillera Administrative Region, Ilocos Region, Central Luzon, National Capital Region, Calabarzon, and Zamboanga Peninsula. (PNA)