The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)  is the primary policy-making, programming, coordinating and administrative entity of the government in the field of labor and employment. DOLE promotes gainful employment opportunities by optimizing the development and use of the country’s manpower resources; advancing workers’ welfare by providing for just and humane working conditions and terms of employment; and maintaining industrial peace by promoting harmonious, equitable, and stable employment relations that assure equal protection for the rights of all concerned parties. Its long-term vision is that every Filipino worker attains full, decent and productive employment.