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{{short description|Executive department of the Philippine government}}
{{redirect|DOLE|the food company|Dole plc}}
{{Use Philippine English|date=September 2022}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox government agency
| agency_name     = Department of Labor and Employment
| type            = Department
| nativename      = ''Kagawaran ng Paggawa at Empleo''
| logo            = Flag of the Department of Labor and Employment.jpg
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| logo_caption    = Flag of the department
| seal            = Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).svg
| seal_width      = 200 px
| seal_caption    = [[Logo]] of the department
| image           = DOLE (Intramuros, Manila; 02-06-2021).jpg
| image_caption   = DOLE building, Intramuros, Manila
| formed          = {{start date and age|1933|12|8}}
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| headquarters    = DOLE Building, Muralla corner General Luna St., [[Intramuros]], [[Manila]]
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| employees       = 2,109 (2024)<ref>{{Cite web |last=[[Department of Budget and Management]] |title=Staffing Summary Fiscal Year 2024 |url=https://www.dbm.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/Staffing/STAFFING2024/STAFFING-SUMMARY-2024.pdf |access-date=April 24, 2025}}</ref>
| budget          = {{DecreaseNegative}} {{Philippine peso|41.4|link=yes}} billion (2023) <ref>{{cite web |title=People's Proposed Budget 2023 |url=https://www.dbm.gov.ph/images/pdffiles/2023-Peoples-Proposed-Budget.pdf |publisher=Department of Budget and Management |access-date=December 17, 2022 }}</ref>
| minister1_name  = Vacant
| minister1_pfo   = [[Secretary of Labor and Employment (Philippines)|Secretary]]
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| chief1_name     = Hero S. Hernandez
| chief1_position = Head Executive Assistant, Office of the Secretary
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| website         = {{URL|www.dole.gov.ph}}
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The '''Department of Labor and Employment''' ('''DOLE'''; {{langx|fil|Kagawaran ng Paggawa at Empleo}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kwf.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Mga-ng-Pangalan-Tanggapan-sa-Filipino2.pdf|title=Mga Pangalan ng Tanggapan ng Pamahalaan sa Filipino|date=2013|website=[[Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino]]|language=fil|access-date=March 27, 2018|archive-date=March 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329025354/http://kwf.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Mga-ng-Pangalan-Tanggapan-sa-Filipino2.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> is the [[Executive departments of the Philippines|executive department]] of the [[Philippine government]] responsible for formulating policies, implementing programs and services, and serving as the policy-coordinating arm of the executive branch in the field of labor and employment. It is tasked with the enforcement of the provisions of the [[Labor Code of the Philippines|Labor Code]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chanrobles.com/legal4labor.html|title=Labor Code of the Philippines|publisher=Philippine Government|access-date=June 1, 2009}}</ref>

==History==
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) was founded on December 8, 1933, by virtue of Act No. 4121 of the [[Philippine Legislature]]. It was renamed as the Ministry of Labor and Employment in 1978. The agency was reverted to its original name after the [[People Power Revolution]] in 1986.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coa.gov.ph/1999_AAR/Natl_Govt/DOLE/DOLE99_es.htm|title=EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE 1999 ANNUAL AUDIT REPORT ON THE of DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT|publisher=Commission on Audit|access-date=June 1, 2009}}</ref>

== List of secretaries of labor and employment ==
{{main|Secretary of Labor and Employment (Philippines)}}

== Organizational structure ==
The department is headed by a Secretary with the following Undersecretaries and Assistant Secretaries:
*Undersecretary for Employment and Human Resource Development Cluster
*Undersecretary for Workers’ Welfare and Protection Cluster
*Undersecretary for Labor Relations, Policy and International Affairs Cluster
*Undersecretary for Legislative Liaison and Legal Affairs, General Administration Cluster
*Assistant Secretary for Employment and Human Resource Development Cluster
*Assistant Secretary for Labor Relations, Policy and International Affairs and Regional Operations Cluster
*Assistant Secretary for Legislative Liaison and Legal Affairs, General Administration Cluster
*Assistant Secretary for Workers’ Welfare and Protection Cluster

==Bureaus==
* Bureau of Local Employment (BLE)
* Bureau of Labor Relations (BLR)
* Bureau of Working Conditions (BWC)
* Bureau of Workers with Special Concerns (BWSC)
* International Labor Affairs Bureau (ILAB)

==Attached agencies==
* Employees' Compensation Commission (ECC)
* Institute for Labor Studies (ILS)
* National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB)
* National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC)
* National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC)
* Occupational Safety and Health Center (OSHC)
* [[Professional Regulation Commission]] (PRC)
* [[Technical Education and Skills Development Authority]] (TESDA)

==Seals==
<gallery>
File:Bureau of Local Employment (BLE).svg|Bureau of Local Employment (BLE)
File:Employees' Compensation Commission (ECC).svg|Employees' Compensation Commission (ECC)
File:National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB).svg|National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB)
File:National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC).svg|National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC)
File:Occupational Safety and Health Center (OSHC).svg|Occupational Safety and Health Center (OSHC)
</gallery>

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[[Category:Department of Labor and Employment (Philippines)| ]]
[[Category:Executive departments of the Philippines|Labor and Employ|Labor and Employment]]
[[Category:Ministries established in 1933]]
[[Category:Labour ministries|Philippines]]
[[Category:Labor in the Philippines]]
[[Category:1933 establishments in the Philippines]]