Starting next week, qualified displaced workers and establishments may apply for the latest round of Covid-19 Adjustment Measures Program (CAMP) of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
Labor Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III signed on Thursday, Department Order (DO) No. 232, Series of 2022 containing the guidelines for the implementation of the program.
CAMP 2022, which has an allocated P1-billion budget will cover workers who were affected (either displaced/temporarily laid-off) during the implementation of Alert Level 3 or higher in their localities.
Beneficiaries will receive a one-time P5,000 cash aid.
Labor Assistant Secretary Dominique R. Tutay said they could start accepting applicants by next week.
“It [DO 232] will take effect after it is published. We may be able to publish it during the weekend since it was just signed. We will open the application system by Monday [January 24],” Tutay told the BusinessMirror in a Viber message.
Documentary requirements
While waiting for the opening of CAMP 2022, DOLE spokesman Rolly Francia advised employers and would-be beneficiaries to start preparing the documentary requirements for their application.
“In this way they can already submit as soon as we start accepting applications online,” Francia said.
DOLE said the qualified workers or their employers could file their application for CAMP 2022.
Private companies, which will apply for CAMP 2022, must have submitted a report of temporary closure or permanent closure through DOLE’s Establishment Reporting System (ERS) covering January 2022 onwards provided that applicant is situated in areas under Alert Level 3 or higher.
They must also submit their latest payroll or any of the following alternative documents: proof of payment of wages via logbook or ledger; employment contract; cash voucher or petty cash voucher; authority to debit account sent by employer to bank for the wage of employees; Social Security System (SSS), Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), and Pag-IBIG Alphalist or list of remittances or list of employees with 13th month pay.
For qualified workers, they must submit their clear photo holding a valid government-issued ID and a duly notarized proof of unemployment (i.e. Certificate of Employment, Notarized Affidavit of Termination of Employment or Notice of Temporary Lay-Off) covered the period of the Alert Level 3 in their area.
DOLE said employees whose employer or organization have already applied for CAMP 2022 are already barred from submitting individual applications.
Application process
The CAMP 2022 application and documentary requirements will be submitted online through https://reports.dole.gov.ph.
DOLE Regional Offices will approve or deny an application within three working days from its receipt.
Grounds for denial of applications include ineligibility of applicant; misrepresentation of facts in the application or submission of falsified or tampered documents.
Those with approved applications will be given either a disbursement of financial support or be required to make corrections on their submitted information, which could affect the release of their cash aid.
DOLE warned beneficiaries, who fail to claim their financial aid within 30 days from the date of disbursement or being required to submit correction of beneficiary information may be replaced by other approved applicants. 30