DOLE: EMPLOYEES NOT TO PAY FOR COMPANY UNIFORMS

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Department of Labor and Employment - DOLE posted on Facebook, "Company uniforms shall not be paid by employees. Labor Advisory No. 11 Series of 2014 states that deductions made from the employees’ wages for company uniforms, cash deposits for loss or damage, personal protective equipment (PPE), capital share or capital build-up in service cooperatives, training fees, and other deductions not included in this advisory are unauthorized."

Regular employees aired their grievances over the National Wages and Productivity Commission’s announcement: “Company uniforms shall not be paid by employees.” Read more: Gov’t announcement on uniforms triggers employee grievances. Jeline Malasig. April 11, 2018 - 5:39 PM. https://interaksyon.philstar.com/breaking-news/2018/04/11/124358/workers-grieve-employers-company-uniforms.

NWPC is a government agency under the Department of Labor and Employment tasked to oversee minimum wages and promote enterprise and workers’ productivity. It has an active Facebook page that posts advisories, holiday dates and other DOLE regulations.

When it posted a notice that company uniforms are supposed to be unpaid by the employees, people commented that the agency should the take initiative to inspect employers who disobey the advisory.

Under number seven of DOLE’s Labor Advisory 11 series of 2014, employers are not allowed to deduct the cost of company uniforms from their workers’ pay. Read more: Gov’t announcement on uniforms triggers employee grievances. Jeline Malasig. April 11, 2018 - 5:39 PM. https://interaksyon.philstar.com/breaking-news/2018/04/11/124358/workers-grieve-employers-company-uniforms.