DOLE employs 1,144 displaced workers in Baguio City in TUPAD program

BAGUIO CITY – Some 1,142 displaced workers in the city due to the Enhanced Community Quarantine have started working under the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa ating Displaced Worker (TUPAD) program of the government.

Under the TUPAD program, the beneficiaries will work for 10 days starting March 29 to April 11, 2020 by helping the barangays in their sanitation, clean and green programs among others.

The beneficiaries will be paid P350 per day as salary or a total of P3,500 for the 10 working days funded by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in the Cordillera.

The beneficiaries were pre-identified by their barangay officials and the list were submitted to the DOLE through the Public Employment Services Office of the city.

Mayor Benjamin Magalong,said this the first batch of beneficiaries were composed mostly of displaced taxi drivers from 62 barangays in Baguio.

Aside from the salary, DOLE Cordillera also allotted about P500,000 for their personnel protective equipment (PPEs), while the city government alloted P100,000 for the monitoring and administrative work.

TUPAD is a component of the DOLE Livelihood and Emergency Employment Program (DLEEP).