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Bill to improve job placements pushed
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Posted on Sep 01 2000
Division of Employment Services Director Alfred A. Pangelinan has urged the House Committee on Judicial and Governmental Relations to pass a proposed measure that aims to assist prospective resident employees, particularly college students or graduates who are unable to obtain employment because they lack work experience.
In a letter to Rep. Dino M. Jones, chair of the committee, Mr. Pangelinan commended HB 12-222 because it will strengthen the jurisdiction of the Director of Employment, providing an efficient and effective system for resolution of complaints.
The bill will create a system that will deal with referral, placement and other employment issues. However, Mr. Pangelinan suggested that the proposed measure include those who have high school diploma, training and work related experience since 79 percent of the local people registered in DES do not have education but have the training and work experience.
“We must allow the employer the flexibility and the benefit to select their best candidates for the job from the three major groups of skills that are considered important based on the Standard Industrial Classifications and the Specific Vocational Preparation,” he said.
Mr. Pangelinan emphasized that educational requirement, training and work related skills are measured in every job to ensure that employers are given the benefit to choose their best candidate as part of their business strategy.
The proposed measure strengthened the legal authority of the Director of Labor by improving the system that gives more accessibility to both employers and employees.
