Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged Workers (TUPAD) or DOLE Emergency Employment Program
What is TUPAD Program?
It is a community-based package of assistance that provides safety net through temporary wage public employment projects for a period of 10 to 90 days, continuous or otherwise depending on the nature of work to be performed.
What are the services that can be provided for TUPAD beneficiaries?
Provision of basic orientation on occupational safety and health
Provision of Personal Protective Equipment, such as hat and TUPAD T-shirt
Enrolment in group micro-insurance scheme
Payment of one hundred percent (100%) of the prevailing minimum wage in the locality, subject to the submission of validated daily time records and supported by a payroll.
Tapped TESDA or its accredited training institutions for the conduct of skills training under the Training for Work Scholarship Program (TWSP).
Who are the eligible beneficiaries?
All disadvantaged workers aged 18 years old and above
Senior citizens provided that they are fit to work and they will not engage in hazardous work.
Laid-off or terminated workers as a result of retrenchment or permanent closure of an establishment
Self-employed workers (including farmers and fishermen) who have lost their livelihoods because of natural calamities/disasters, economic crisis, armed conflicts and/or seasonality of work.
Note: Only one member per family shall be eligible to avail of the assistance. In no instance shall they avail more than once in a calendar year except in cases of natural or human-induced calamity.
What are the eligible projects?
Social Community Projects (include repair, maintenance, and/or improvement of common public facilities and infrastructure, debris clearing, de-clogging of canals, debris segregation and materials recovery, stockpiling and clearing)
Economic Community Projects (include repair, maintenance and/or rehabilitation of farm-to-market roads, bridges, post-harvest facilities, public markets, common service facilities such as production and display centers, fishports, etc.)
Agro-forestry community Projects (include tree planting, seedling preparation, re-forestation)