Tulay program

Tulong, Alalay sa
Taong May Kapansanan

Cont s
ent
♦ Background
♦ Rights and Privileges of PWDs
♦ Objective
♦ Components
♦ Strategies
♦ Employers Availing of Tax Incentives
(Guidelines)
♦ Issues/Concerns
♦ Employment Situation

Background Components Strategies Issues Home

Background
♦ International Labour Organization-Convention No. 159
♦ The United Nation-Economic and Social Commission for Asia and
the Pacific declared the Asia and Pacific Decade of Disabled
Persons, 1993-2002.
♦ Proclamation No. 125
♦ Republic Act. No. 7277 or the Magna Carta for Disabled Persons


Background

Operational Guidelines:
♦ BIR Regulations No. 8-93, issued on January 29, 1993
♦ DOLE Administrative Order No. 222, series of 1999, issued on
September 6, 1999
♦ DOH Administrative Order No. 16-A, series 1999


Rights and Privileges of PWDs
Provision of Equal Opportunity for Employment (Section 5, Chapter 1
of R.A. 7277)
♦ A qualified disabled employee shall be given equal opportunity for
employment subject to the same terms and conditions.
♦ Five percent (5%) of all casual, emergency and contractual
positions in the DSW, DOH, DECS and other government agencies,
offices or corporations engaged in social development shall be
reserved for disabled persons.


Provision of Sheltered Employment (Section 6, Chapter 1)
♦ A scheme of providing productive work to PWDs through
workshops w/ special facilities income generating projects or
homework w/ a view of giving them the opportunity to earn a living
to enable them to acquire a working capacity required in open
industry.


Access to Apprenticeship (Section 7, Chapter 1)
♦ PWD shall be eligible as apprentices or learners
♦ Their handicap should not impede the performance of their job
♦ They shall be eligible for employment after the lapse of their
apprenticeship period if found satisfactory in their job performance


Provision of Vocational Rehabilitation (Section 9, Chapter 1)
The State shall provide vocational rehabilitation measures that shall:
♦ serve to develop the skills and potentials of disabled persons and
enable them to compete favorably for available productive and
remunerative employment opportunities in the labor market.
♦ ensure the provision of livelihood services for PWDs in the rural
areas and promote cooperation and coordination between the
government and non-governmental organizations and other private
entities engaged in vocational rehabilitation activities.


Provision of Vocational Guidance and Counseling (Section 10, Chapter
1)
The Department of Social Welfare and Development, shall:
♦ provide and evaluate vocational guidance and counseling to enable
PWDs to secure, retain and advance in employment.
♦ ensure the availability of trained counselors and staff responsible
for the vocational guidance and counseling of PWDs.


TULAY Program
Tulong, Alalay sa Taong May Kapansanan -

♦ A special program for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs)
♦ Executive Order No. 261
♦ Proclamation No. 125.
♦ MOA between DOLE and DSWD


Objective

It’s objective is to assist in the integration of
persons with disabilities into the mainstream
of society by providing them access to
training and employment opportunities both
in the formal and informal sector.


Components
Wage Employment
♦ Referral of qualified PWDs to private companies or
government agencies where job vacancies are available for
them.

Self-Employment
♦ Provision of technical and financial assistance to PWDs who
are ventured into self-employment to set up their own
projects either individually or in group.


Type of Livelihood Projects Funded:
♦ Service Oriented
♦ Production Related Projects
♦ Agri-Business Projects

C o mp o n e n t s


Amount of Fund Assistance Extended
♦ Sheltered Employment Project
Maximum - Php 300,000.00
Minimum - Php 100,000.00

♦ Livelihood Relending Projects
Group (5 - 25 members)
Minimum - Php 100,000.00
Individual
Minimum - Php 1,000.00 or depending on the project need.

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Requirements for Availment
♦ Certificate of Accreditation under TULAY Program
♦ Project Proposal / Business Plan
♦ Memorandum of Agreement between DOLE and the ACP
(to be provided by DOLE)

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Skills Training
♦ Provision of skills training programs suited to PWDs interests and
potentials to enhance their employability. They shall have the option
to choose from any of the following training areas:
Industrial Skills
Livelihood Skills
Entrepreneurial Skills
Business Management
Values Orientation
Work Ethics
Cooperative Formation and Management
Other areas which could improved the employability of PWDs

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Type of training programs funded by
TULAY Program
♦ Social Preparation Seminar

♦ Values Orientation/Formation Seminar

♦ Leadership Training

♦ Skills Training (Wage & Self-Employment)

♦ Entreprenuership Development Training

♦ Business Management Training

C o mp o n e n t s


Requirements for Availment:
♦ Certificate of Accreditation or Registration with DOLE

♦ Certification from DSWD as to training programs completed

♦ Training Proposal and lists of prospective PWD trainees

C o mp o n e n t s


Amount of Fund Assistance that
could be availed:
♦ Maximum : Php 100,000 (for group w/ 20 participants)

♦ Based on the Budgetary Requirements of the Course

C o mp o n e n t s


Strategies
♦ Registration of PWDs and maintenance of data bank.
♦ Sourcing of opportunities like job vacancies, trainings, self-
employment projects.
♦ Establishing linkages with GOs, NGOs and LGUs.
♦ Awakening public concern through advocacy and information
campaign.
♦ Capability building for program implementors.
♦ Close monitoring of employment of PWDs.
♦ Conduct of Talkshops
♦ Conduct of Industry Dialogue
♦ Conduct of Jobs Fair
♦ Accreditation of NGO and PESOs


Talk Shops
♦ Talk Shops were first conducted in 1999 in six (6) regions. The
objectives are the following:
♦ To generate public awareness and strengthen the involvement of
the different government agencies and non-government
organizations including PWDs themselves, on efforts to promote
disability prevention including accessibility, rehabilitation and
equalization of opportunities;

♦ To strengthen the cooperation and partnership among government
agencies and private companies in providing more employment
opportunities to qualified PWDs;

♦ To generate media support to and participation in disability
concerns.


Industry Dialogue
Industry Dialogue in Collaboration with Atty. Arturo Borjal which has
three-fold purpose, namely:
♦ To open the eyes of business community that there are highly
qualified PWDs who can be hired as productive workers;
♦ To request the school administrators for help in searching for
employable talented PWD students and college graduates;
♦ To create awareness on the potentials of PWDs for jobs.


Jobs Fair
♦ Job Fairs for PWDs started during the National Disability Prevention
and Rehabilitation (NDPR) Week celebration in July 1999.
♦ Likewise, Jobs Fair were also conducted during this year’s NDPR
Week celebration.


Accreditation
The DOLE likewise accredited Foundations for PWDs as PESOs
namely:
– Special Training, Employment, Advocacy and Management for Deaf
Persons Foundation, Inc. (STEAMDPFI)
– The Good Samaritan Foundation for the Disadvantaged, Inc. (GSFDI)
– Kakayahan Ng May Kapansanan Foundation, Inc. (KKFI)


Availment of Tax Incentives
♦ twenty-five percent (25%) of the total amount paid as salaries and
wages of PWDs
♦ fifty percent (50%) of the direct costs of the improvements or
modifications of facilities as required under Batas Pambansa Bilang
344 or the Accessibility Law.

These incentives were operationalized through:
– BIR Regulation No. 8-93
– DOLE AO No. 222
– DOH AO No. 16-A


Availment of Tax Incentives
♦ At the end of the year, employers employing PWDs shall submit
to the DOLE the following:
a. Accomplished Employment Report (TI-Form 2)
b. Payroll or evidence of actual payment of salaries/wages and other
benefits paid to the PWDs as well as withholding tax, if any.

♦ The DOLE Regional Director evaluates documents submitted
(TI-Form 2) and issues Certification of Employment of PWDs
(TI-Form 1)

♦ The employer shall submit and file the Certification of
Employment of PWDs (TI-Form 1) issued by DOLE to the BIR for
availment of income tax deduction.


Issues/Concerns on the
Employment of PWDs
Issues Recommendations
♦ Limited Awareness of the Capabilities of PWDs ♦ Increased advocacy campaign of the TULAY
Program

♦ Limited Training Opportunities available to ♦ Providing training opportunities to PWDs to
PWDs make them competitive in the labor market
♦ Insufficient Data Base ♦ Continue registration of PWDs
♦ Monitoring of placement of PWDs in the regional
level
♦ Monitoring of tax availment of companies hiring
PWDs
♦ Assessment of the provision of technical
♦ Insufficient support to program implementors
assistance to the program implementors
♦ Employment Situation for PWDs

Background Components Strategies Issues
Updae
t Home

Employment Situation
PHILIPPINES
1995
NSOSur ey
v

Employable PWDs
by Age Group
PWDs
250, 000
212, 399

EmployableFemale  Male Employable 200, 000
51% PWD
PWD 49% 150, 000 123, 229
290,168 469,862 317,469
94, 203
449,470 68% 85, 152 92, 654
65% 100, 000

Not Not 50, 000
Employable 919,3 2
3 Employable
159,302 PWD 152,393 0

35% 32% 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-69
Ag e G roup

Background Components Strategies Issues
Updae
t Home

Type of Disability
OH MR
1 5% 1 0% O THERS
8%
SI
- Employment Situation

8%

HI
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1 3%
46%
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Monitoring of Employment / Hiring of PWDs by Government
Agencies (5% of the Magna Carta)
A. Number of PWDs hired by DOLE and its status of
employment.

Status of No. of PWDs
Employment Employed

Regular or Permanent 17
Casual 1
Contractual 19
Emergency 2
Project Based – SPES 9
Total 48
As of June 2000


Monitoring of Employment / Hiring of PWDs by Government
Agencies (5% of the Magna Carta)
B. Number of PWDs hired by other government agencies
and its status of employment.
Status of No. of PWDs
Employment Employed
Permanent Position 470

Casual 87
Contractual 62
Temporary 7
Co-Terminus 8
Elected 3
Emergency 5
Project Based (through MOA) 9
Did not indicate the status 11
Total 662
As of January 1998

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