Section 3
SEC. 3. The Department of Labor shall, in addition to its duties and functions, perform the following: To implement the policy on apprenticeship training as now or may hereafter be declared by Congress; To organize and develop and apprenticeship training program by which the requirements for trained labor may be met; To secure the cooperation of government agencies and private organizations and institutions, including those providing vocational guidance and training, in effecting coordination in the development of apprenticeship training; To recommend appropriate measures for the promotion of apprenticeship training; To assist and cooperate in determining the number of apprentices and skilled workers needed for each trade and occupation, and in promoting the proper distribution of manpower to meet the needs of the national economy and the labor requirements of employers so as to achieve the fullest and most effective utilization of manpower resources; To enable workers to advance their opportunities or steady employment and to make full use of their natural talents and abilities; To establish minimum standards of training in apprenticeable trades and occupations; To formulate and adopt standards for effecting the employment of apprentices under different conditions, by setting out their qualifications for employment, number of apprentices, required education, age limitations, aptitudes, term of apprenticeship, wages, working hours, overtime, vacation with pay, and other matters; To lay down minimum standards and procedures for the examination of apprentices, the execution and registration of apprenticeship agreements, the methods of supervision and the duration of the apprentices’ work on the job and at school, and the methods of examination of apprentices at the end of their training; To approve, disapprove, suspend or revoke plant apprenticeship programs and agreements, issue certificates of apprenticeship and determine apprenticeable trades and occupations in accordance with the rules, regulations and standards promulgated under this Act; To promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the interests and purposes of this Act, including the denial of apprentices to any employer that has violated any provision of this Act, rule or regulation promulgated thereunder, or of any apprentice agreement; and To make and submit, not later than February first of each year, a report through the Secretary of Labor of its activities, accomplishments and findings to the President and to the Congress of the Philippines.