DBM Press Release
DBM: Higher safety support to provide immediate income while helping displaced, disadvantaged workers transition to more sustainable jobs and livelihoods
When a worker suddenly loses a source of income, a family’s needs cannot wait while they search for the next opportunity.
This is the safety net that the government seeks to sustain through the proposed P11.03-billion allocation for the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged Workers (TUPAD) Program of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in 2027, targeted to provide temporary employment and income support to 672,776 disadvantaged and displaced workers nationwide.
But under the government’s strengthened approach, TUPAD is envisioned not simply as temporary work, but as a bridge toward the worker’s next, more sustainable source of income.
TUPAD provides community-based emergency employment to disadvantaged and displaced workers, allowing beneficiaries to earn wages through temporary public and community work when regular sources of income are disrupted.
While the proposed P11.03-billion funding is maintained at the FY 2026 National Expenditure Program (NEP) level, the 2027 program provides longer support for qualified long-term beneficiaries, with the prescribed work period increasing from 20 days to 45 days. Support for personal protective equipment (PPE) will likewise increase from P350 to P400 per beneficiary.
This means that qualified beneficiaries under the long-term component will have a longer period to earn income while receiving greater workplace safety support.
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., in his FY 2027 Budget Message, underscored the role of emergency and community-based employment in helping families withstand sudden economic shocks.
“Through emergency and community-based employment, the program helps Filipino families cope with economic disruptions, recover from disasters, and address other unforeseen challenges while earning a dignified source of livelihood,” President Marcos said.
For Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Acting Secretary Kim Robert C. De Leon, however, the real measure of TUPAD is not just how many temporary jobs government can provide, but whether these opportunities can help workers move toward something more sustainable.
“Hindi dapat matapos ang tulong kapag natapos ang TUPAD. Dapat itong magsilbing tulay habang tinutulungan ang manggagawa na makahanap ng mas matatag na trabaho o kabuhayan sa pamamagitan ng livelihood programs, internships, skills training, at employment services,” Secretary De Leon emphasized.
The direction is consistent with DOLE’s strengthened TUPAD framework, which links beneficiaries to skills training, employment facilitation, livelihood assistance, and other opportunities that can help them transition to more sustainable sources of income.
“Ang TUPAD ay agarang suporta kapag nawalan ng pagkakakitaan, pero ang mas malaking layunin natin ay tulungan silang makarating sa susunod na oportunidad. Temporary work should be a bridge—not a dead end,” Secretary De Leon added.
With the proposed FY 2027 funding, the government seeks to provide workers with immediate income when they need it most, while creating a clearer pathway from temporary employment to skills, livelihood, and more sustainable work.
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Department of Budget and Management
ika-1 ng Oktubre 2026
HINDI LANG PANSAMANTALANG TRABAHO: P11.03-B PONDO PARA SA TUPAD, IPINANUKALA PARA SA MAHIGIT 672,000 MANGGAGAWA SA 2027
DBM: Mas malaking safety support para sa agarang kita habang tinutulungan ang displaced at disadvantaged workers na makalipat sa mas sustainable na trabaho at kabuhayan
Kapag biglang nawalan ng pagkakakitaan ang isang manggagawa, hindi puwedeng hintayin ng pamilya ang susunod na trabaho bago matugunan ang kanilang araw-araw na pangangailangan.
Ito ang safety net na nais ipagpatuloy ng pamahalaan sa pamamagitan ng panukalang P11.03-billion alokasyon para sa Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged Workers (TUPAD) Program ng Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) sa 2027. Target nitong magbigay ng pansamantalang employment at income support sa 672,776 disadvantaged at displaced workers sa buong bansa.
Pero sa mas pinalakas na approach ng pamahalaan, hindi lang dapat mauwi sa pansamantalang trabaho ang TUPAD. Dapat itong magsilbing tulay patungo sa susunod at mas sustainable na pagkakakitaan ng isang manggagawa.
Sa ilalim ng TUPAD, binibigyan ng community-based emergency employment ang disadvantaged at displaced workers. Sa pamamagitan nito, kumikita sila mula sa temporary public at community work habang naghahanap o naghihintay ng panibagong regular na pagkakakitaan.
Bagama’t mananatili sa P11.03 billion ang proposed funding para sa 2027—kapantay ng FY 2026 National Expenditure Program (NEP) level—mas mahaba ang suportang matatanggap ng kwalipikadong long-term beneficiaries. Mula 20 araw, magiging 45 araw ang prescribed work period. Tataas din mula P350 tungo sa P400 kada beneficiary ang suporta para sa personal protective equipment (PPE).
Ibig sabihin, mas matagal na makakakuha ng income support ang qualified beneficiaries sa ilalim ng long-term component, habang mas pinapalakas din ang kanilang kaligtasan sa trabaho.
Binigyang-diin ni President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., sa kanyang FY 2027 Budget Message, ang mahalagang papel ng emergency at community-based employment sa pagtulong sa mga pamilyang harapin ang biglaang economic shocks.
“Through emergency and community-based employment, the program helps Filipino families cope with economic disruptions, recover from disasters, and address other unforeseen challenges while earning a dignified source of livelihood,” ayon kay President Marcos.
Para naman kay Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Acting Secretary Kim Robert C. De Leon, hindi lang dapat masukat ang TUPAD sa dami ng temporary jobs na naibibigay nito. Mas mahalaga kung nagiging daan ang mga oportunidad na ito para makahanap ang mga manggagawa ng mas sustainable na trabaho o kabuhayan.
“Hindi dapat matapos ang tulong kapag natapos ang TUPAD. Dapat itong magsilbing tulay habang tinutulungan ang manggagawa na makahanap ng mas matatag na trabaho o kabuhayan sa pamamagitan ng livelihood programs, internships, skills training, at employment services,” pagbibigay-diin ni Secretary De Leon.
Kaugnay ito ng pinalakas na TUPAD framework ng DOLE, kung saan iniuugnay ang beneficiaries sa skills training, employment facilitation, livelihood assistance, at iba pang oportunidad na makatutulong sa kanilang paglipat tungo sa mas sustainable na pagkukunan ng kabuhayan.
“Ang TUPAD ay agarang suporta kapag nawalan ng pagkakakitaan, pero ang mas malaking layunin natin ay tulungan silang makarating sa susunod na oportunidad. Temporary work should be a bridge—not a dead end,” dagdag ni Secretary De Leon.
Sa proposed FY 2027 funding, layunin ng pamahalaan na mabigyan ng agarang suporta sa kabuhayan ang mga manggagawa sa panahong pinaka kailangan nila ito, habang binibigyan sila ng mas malinaw na daan mula sa temporary employment tungo sa skills, livelihood, at mas sustainable na trabaho.
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