From 86 in 2006, Labor reduces staff to 46

Local
Monday, April 20, 2009



By Ferdie de la Torre
Reporter

From 86 staff in 2006, the Department of Labor now only has 46 personnel beginning 2008.

Labor Deputy Secretary Cinta Kaipat said they have decreased staffing from 86 in 2006 to 72 in 2007 and 46 in 2008.

At the same time, Kaipat said, they have increased Labor's automation system and expanded its website so that service to the community will not suffer.

She said Labor is a revenue-generating agency so it is important that budget cuts not adversely affect revenue collections.

“If we are slowed down in our administrative process by lack of staff, we are also slowed down in our revenue generation for the Commonwealth Treasury,” she added.

Kaipat said they have reorganized and cut down positions through their own processes.

“Hopefully, we will not be bundled with agencies that have resisted change and were subjected to arbitrary cuts,” she said.

Labor, the deputy secretary said, is working hard to get into compliance with the 2009 budget recently enacted by the Legislature.