What is the Work Appreciation Program (WAP)?
The Work Appreciation Program (WAP) is one of the components of the President's Youth Work Program implemented by the Department of Labor and Employment. It is intended to provide youth participants meaningful and productive activities.
The WAP 's main objective is to provide the youth the opportunities to be able to appreciate work and develop proper work ethics by exposing them to actual work situations. In this regard, they will be given opportunities to gain experiences in working environments provided by the sponsoring companies. The youth would be introduced to the environment relevant to performance of specific work.
This program in general aims to increase awareness of the youth of the important role they play in the economic advancement of the country. It is also expected to promote closer coordinative linkages among the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), other government agencies, employer groups, civic organizations, schools, media and private establishment in undertaking youth programs.
What is the Work Appreciation Program (WAP) Training Agreement?
A formal training agreement signed by the sponsoring company and the trainee will specify, among others, that:
- There will be no employer-employee relationship between the trainee and sponsoring company.
- The sponsoring company shall provide a stipend for the trainee equivalent to 75% of the prevailing minimum wage. For companies whose trainees are entitled to free meals/snacks, facility evaluation shall be secured from the Regional Office as to the fair cost of food to be deducted from stipend.
- The sponsoring company shall not expose the trainee to hazardous undertakings.
- Trainees shall not be allowed to be assigned in nightclubs, cocktail lounges, beerhouses, massage clinic, bars, or similar establishments.
Who are covered by the Work Appreciation Program (WAP)?
Youth Participants:
Must be 18 - 25 years of age, unemployed, in-school or out-of-school youth and must be physically fit to the kind of training program to be undertaken
Private Employers:
Any person or private entities / establishments regardless of employment size who are interested to avail of the program and are willing to pay 75% stipend to youth trainees and provide training opportunities for their values formation and work appreciation.
[Source: www.dole.gov.ph] |
