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DOLE warns perpetrators of fake, ‘for sale’ work certificates

September 26, 2021 People's Tonight 402 views

THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) recommended a full investigation and tracking of the perpetrators of fake and ‘for sale’ certificates of involuntary separation required in availing Social Security System benefits.

Labor Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III said the DOLE will pursue the investigation with the assistance of a regulatory agency after they uncovered a proliferation of counterfeit Certificates of Involuntary Separation using the DOLE National Capital Region’s template form and DOLE-NCR Regional Director Atty. Sarah Buena Mirasol’s electronic signature, including other key officials of the regional office.

“As far as the DOLE-NCR is concerned, the issuance of a certificate of involuntary separation for SSS is free of charge. Clients may file directly through our e-filing services at http://ncr.dole.gov.ph/index.php,” Mirasol said.

The DOLE-NCR director added that hard copies of the certificates can only be acquired at the DOLE Field Office that has jurisdiction over the employee’s workplace.

“Any person or entity found illegally reproducing the document will be dealt with to the full extent of the law,” she warned.

The DOLE certificate is a requirement for application for payment of unemployment insurance or involuntary separation benefit (cash grant) per SSS Circular No. 2009-011.

The unemployment insurance covers employees, including house helpers (kasambahay) and overseas Filipino workers who were involuntarily separated from their job due to authorized causes, such as, installation of labor-saving devices; redundancy; retrenchment or downsizing; closure or cessation of operation; or disease/illness of the employee whose continued employment is prohibited by law or is prejudicial to his or his co-employees’ health.

DOLE will be signing a joint memorandum with SSS to establish guidelines on the enhanced online filing of SSS unemployment benefits claim through the SSS website.

Workers may access the DOLE-NCR’s e-filing services at http://ncr.dole.gov.ph/.

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