Philippines - BLES Integrated Survey 2011/2012

Start	End	Cycle
2012-07-02	2013-04-15	N/A

Start	End	Cycle
2011-01		Part III - Occupational Shortages and Surpluses
2010-01		Part V-B - Industrial Relations Practices: Occupational Safety and Health Practices

Other [oth], mixed method: self-accomplished, mailed and face-to-face
The survey is conducted in coordination with the Regional Offices (except the National Capital Region) of the Department of Labor and Employment. On a project basis, individuals are hired to personally deliver and retrieve the questionnaires from the establishments. In some instances, questionnaires are mailed to establishments in less accessible or conflict prone areas, in which case a self-addressed envelope is provided. The establishments may also submit the accomplished questionnaires through fax. Delivery of questionnaires starts in July of the reference year and retrieval commences after all questionnaires have been delivered or within 10 working days from delivery to an establishment or on a date agreed upon by the contact person and the enumerator.

Note: Refer to Field Operations Manual, Chapter 2.5

Part I: General Information (Page 3)
This portion inquires on:
· main economic activity
· major products/goods or services
· establishment characteristics as to ownership and type of market
· unionism and membership, and existence and coverage of collective bargaining agreement/s
· two most important problems the management face in running the establishments

The definition of terms used for this section is found at the bottom of page 3.

Part II: Employment (Pages 4-5)
This section requires data on total employment and its breakdown into working owners, unpaid workers and employees (managers/executives, supervisors/foremen and rank and file: regular and non-regular workers). It also looks into the employment of specific groups of workers, number of workers hired through contractors and the types of process contracted/succontracted.

The definition of terms used for this section is found on the same page of the items of inquiry (pages 4-5).

Part III: Occupational Shortages and Surpluses (Page 6)
This portion inquires on hard and easy-to-fill vacancies, status of employment, categories of vacancies, number of job vacancies, number of applicants, length of period to fill-up vacancies, specialization/specific skill requirement and reasons why occupations are hard to fill.

Part IV: Training of Workers (Page 6)
This module inquires on whether or not the establishment provided job-related trainings to their employees, number of employees provided job- related trainings, training costs and training providers (e.g., government training institutions, private training institutions, in-house trainings or trainings provided by other establishments, etc.)

Part V-A: Industrial Relations Practices: Recruitment and Hiring Practices for Entry-Level Jobs (Page 7-8)
This part inquires on the vacancies, recruitment and hiring practices for entry-level jobs being adopted by establishments. The practices may be in the form of criteria used for recruitment of applicants for entry-level jobs, skills considered in looking for applicants and method of filling-up vacancies for entry-level jobs.

Part V-B: Industrial Relations Practices: Occupational Safety and Health Practices (Page 9)
This part inquires on the occupational safety and health practices of persons at work, as well as on the protection of other individuals against risk to safety and health in connection with or as affected by activities of persons at work. The safety and health practices may be in the form of preventive and control measures/activities conducted and availment of safety and health related trainings/seminars.

Part VI: Employees' Compensation Program (Pages 10-11)
This part seeks to gauge the level of awareness of establishments for Employees' Compensation Commission (ECC) and the Employees' Compensation Program (ECP). It also inquires on the availment of the ECP benefits and services; and the assistance provided by the employers to the employees in claiming these benefits and services. The results of this survey will enable ECC to develop and enhance its various information campaign strategies.

The definition of terms used in this section is found after Part VI item D on page 11.

Part VII: Occupational Injuries and Diseases (Pages 12-15)
This part inquires on the incidence of occupational accidents, cases of occupational injuries and lost workdays by incapacity for work (fatal, permanent, temporary), cases without lost workdays, cases of occupational diseases, incidence of commuting accidents, workers injured and hours actually worked by all employed persons. It also inquires on the classifications (type, part of body injured, cause, agent and occupational group) of the occupational injury cases.

The definition of terms used for this section are found after the items of inquiry on type of cases of accupational injuries on page 12 and incorporated in the terms of inquiry on cases of occupational diseases on page 15. The components and the descriptions of the classifications of an occupational injury are found after the items of inquiry of each classification on pages 12-14. The definitions of commuting accidents and hours actually worked and the instructions on how to estimate total hours actually worked by all employed persons are found after each item of inquiry on page 15. An example on how to compute average employment for the year required in item 10 of the inquiry on hours actually worked is illustrated on page 15.

Part VIII: Certification (Page 16)
This portion is provided for the respondent's name/signature, position, telephone no., fax no. and e-mail address and time spent in answering the questionnaire.

Appropriate spaces are also provided to elicit comments on:
· data provided for the 2011/2012 BLES Integrated Survey (BITS)
· selected statistics from 2009/2010 BLES Integrated Survey (BITS)
· presentation/packaging, particularly on the definition of terms, layout, font and color.

Part IX: Survey Personnel (Page 16)
This portion is for the particulars of the enumerators and area/regional supervisors and reviewers at the BLES and DOLE Regional Offices involved in the data collection and review of questionnaire entries.

Results of the previous BITS
The results/statistics from previous BITS are for information of the establishment. More of the results can be obtained from the BLES Website at http://www.bles.dole.gov.ph.


Note: Refer to BLES Integrated Survey Questionnaire.

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation
Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics for National Capital Region (NCR)	BLES	Department of Labor and Employment
Department of Labor and Employment Regional Offices for areas outside of NCR	DOLE ROs	Department of Labor and Employment

The regional statisticians, economists or personnel designated by the Regional Director supervised the data collectors/enumerators in their respective region. In provinces/areas where there were relatively many establishments to be covered, area supervisors were hired to assist the regional staff in the supervision of data collection activities. The BLES handled the field operations in the National Capital Region.

Note: Refer to Field Operations Manual, Chapter 3.2