Overview/Background

The Department of Labor and Employment’s formation of Quick Response Team is a strategy to monitor industry closures and retrenchment due to the adverse effects of globalization and economic crises, and to provide immediate and integrated package of assistance to displaced workers including their dependents. DOLE 9’s Quick Response Team also covers immediate response to reports of workplace accidents and illnesses.

Legal Bases:

• Department Order No. 7, Series 2001 – Guidelines for the Operation of Quick Response Teams (DOLE QRT Response Balik Trabaho )