Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)

GAA department code 16 · All departments

FY2026 GAA

₱61,810,699,000.00

9,432 line items

FY2027 NEP (proposed)

₱47,725,788,000.00

-22.8% vs FY2026 GAA (-₱14.08B)

Where the money goes (FY2026)

Personnel Services₱9.06B

Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses₱51.84B

Financial Expenses₱0

Capital Outlays₱907.1M

Appropriations per year

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Agencies (7)

Agency	Code	FY2025	FY2026	Share of department
Office of the Secretary	16-001	₱25.63B	₱30.15B	48.8%
Technical Education and Skills Development Authority	16-009	₱20.98B	₱26.34B	42.6%
Professional Regulation Commission	16-008	₱2.77B	₱2.59B	4.2%
National Labor Relations Commission	16-004	₱1.57B	₱1.89B	3.1%
National Conciliation and Mediation Board	16-003	₱344.3M	₱388.9M	0.6%
National Wages and Productivity Commission	16-006	₱364.7M	₱373.9M	0.6%
Institute for Labor Studies	16-002	₱98.8M	₱81.4M	0.1%

Programs, activities & projects (85)

Program / activity / project	FY2025	FY2026	Change
Labor Conciliation-Mediation of Requests for Assistance (RFAs), Preventive Mediation (PM), Notices of Strike / Lockout (NS/L), Actual Strike / Lockout (AS/L) and Arbitration Services16-003	₱99.8M	₱117.4M	+18%
Promotion of Local Employment16-001	₱96.3M	₱106.0M	+10%
Facilitation / Operationalization / Institutionalization/ Strengthening and Enhancement of Workplace Cooperation Partnership Mechanisms, and Workplace Dispute Prevention and Settlement Mechanisms16-003	₱83.3M	₱93.2M	+12%
Administration of Personnel Benefits16-004	₱33.2M	₱86.7M	+161%
Development and Implementation of Policies, Plans, Programs, and Projects on Wages and Resolution of Wage Order and Exemption Cases16-006	₱61.5M	₱68.4M	+11%
Investigation, adjudication, and conduct of legal research and opinion16-008	₱55.8M	₱65.5M	+17%
Workers Organizations Development and Empowerment16-001	₱59.1M	₱60.2M	+2%
General Management and Supervision16-002	₱75.9M	₱56.1M	-26%
Promotion of Rights at Work and Labor Standards16-001	₱56.6M	₱55.4M	-2%
Promotion of Rights and Welfare of Workers with Special Concerns16-001	₱53.4M	₱52.5M	-2%
Formulation of Technical Education and Skills Development Policies, Plans and Programs16-009	₱45.2M	₱49.6M	+10%
Promotion of Good Labor-Management Relations16-001	₱39.4M	₱45.0M	+14%
Implementation and execution of judgments rendered in labor cases16-004	₱39.0M	₱42.6M	+9%
Tripartism and Social Dialogue16-001	₱41.0M	₱41.7M	+2%
Competency Standards Development16-009	₱36.9M	₱40.6M	+10%
Legal Services16-001	₱35.0M	₱38.9M	+11%
Policy and Program Formulation, Monitoring and Evaluation and Conciliation/Mediation, Labor Management Cooperation and Voluntary Arbitration16-003	₱31.8M	₱28.8M	-9%
Administration of Personnel Benefits16-001	₱34.6M	₱28.1M	-19%
Recognition of Professional Qualifications through International Agreements, Treaties and Laws16-008	₱20.9M	₱26.5M	+27%
Cost-benefit evaluation of legislation, research into innovative and indigenous approaches promoting harmonious and productive labor-management relations, and publication16-002	₱22.6M	₱25.3M	+12%
Skills Registry Program16-001	₱15.1M	₱15.4M	+2%
Development, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation of Quality Assurance for Technical Education and Skills Development Provision16-009	₱14.7M	₱14.9M	+1%
Case Management16-001	₱9.2M	₱9.4M	+2%
Attendance to local, regional, international conference and participation of tripartite delegation in the International Labor Organizations in Geneva, Switzerland16-001	₱8.8M	₱9.0M	+2%
Human Resource Development16-006	₱4.0M	₱4.1M	+2%

Programs present in the FY2026 GAA, with their earlier years where the same line existed.

Source: Philippine Budget Data API (BetterGov.ph), https://budget.bettergov.ph/api/v1 (CC BY 4.0), snapshot Nov 10, 2026.