'Age limit' hinders smooth PESO programs
CLARK FREEPORT -- Public Employment Services Offices (Peso) find the "age limit" policy of some firms in this former United States military base as a hindrance to the effectiveness of their programs.
According to Peso Mabalacat administrative aide Alma Pontillas, the Municipal Government had been referring employable and able-bodied individuals to the different employers within the freeport.
However, the main hindrance that they see in the hiring of more employees is the "age limit bracket that sectors in the production business are implementing."
"The Peso office has been doing a round of job fairs here and we have been constantly referring names to the freeport employers. The problem that we see now is the age limit for manpower in the production side. Some employers no longer accept applicants beyond the age of 26," Pontillas said.
Despite this, the Peso office in Mabalacat is confident that more people from the town would benefit in the steady growth of employment in the freeport and other opportunities that the Clark-Subic road would bring once it becomes operational.
Meanwhile, 75 percent of the locators manpower here are residents of Pampanga. However, not all of them are natives of the province or Kapampangans.
Apartments and similar buildings have mushroomed in nearby localities, as many job seekers from other provinces have migrated to Pampanga.
From the total registered 50,855 workers in the industry and telecommunications sector within the freeport, 75 percent come from the Pampanga area. From this number, 22.05 percent hail from Angeles and 21.98 percent come from Mabalacat.
The western part of Porac has contributed a staggering 3.33 percent, while the remaining 27.64 percent is shared by the City of San Fernando and the towns of Mexico, Magalang, Arayat, and Sta. Rita.
It may be noted, however, that workers who rent rooms, houses or apartments in areas outside this freeport are considered as permanent residents of Pampanga.
Manpower in the freeport is still dominated by females according to reports. Records as of June 30 last year show that a total of 47.43 percent (or 24,120 employees) of Clark workers are males, while 52.57 percent (or 26,735 employees) are females. By Ian Ocampo Flora - Sun Star
According to Peso Mabalacat administrative aide Alma Pontillas, the Municipal Government had been referring employable and able-bodied individuals to the different employers within the freeport.
However, the main hindrance that they see in the hiring of more employees is the "age limit bracket that sectors in the production business are implementing."
"The Peso office has been doing a round of job fairs here and we have been constantly referring names to the freeport employers. The problem that we see now is the age limit for manpower in the production side. Some employers no longer accept applicants beyond the age of 26," Pontillas said.
Despite this, the Peso office in Mabalacat is confident that more people from the town would benefit in the steady growth of employment in the freeport and other opportunities that the Clark-Subic road would bring once it becomes operational.
Meanwhile, 75 percent of the locators manpower here are residents of Pampanga. However, not all of them are natives of the province or Kapampangans.
Apartments and similar buildings have mushroomed in nearby localities, as many job seekers from other provinces have migrated to Pampanga.
From the total registered 50,855 workers in the industry and telecommunications sector within the freeport, 75 percent come from the Pampanga area. From this number, 22.05 percent hail from Angeles and 21.98 percent come from Mabalacat.
The western part of Porac has contributed a staggering 3.33 percent, while the remaining 27.64 percent is shared by the City of San Fernando and the towns of Mexico, Magalang, Arayat, and Sta. Rita.
It may be noted, however, that workers who rent rooms, houses or apartments in areas outside this freeport are considered as permanent residents of Pampanga.
Manpower in the freeport is still dominated by females according to reports. Records as of June 30 last year show that a total of 47.43 percent (or 24,120 employees) of Clark workers are males, while 52.57 percent (or 26,735 employees) are females. By Ian Ocampo Flora - Sun Star
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