Philippine House Committee on Labor and Employment

The Philippine House Committee on Labor and Employment, or House Labor and Employment Committee is a standing committee of the Philippine House of Representatives.

Committee on Labor and Employment
20th Congress
History
New session started	To convene on July 28, 2025 (2025-07-28)
Leadership
Chairman	Vacant
Minority Leader	Vacant
Website
Committee on Labor and Employment

Jurisdiction

As prescribed by House Rules, the committee's jurisdiction includes the following:^[1]

• Advancement and protection of the rights and welfare of worker
• Employment and manpower development inclusive of the promotion of industrial peace and employer-employee cooperation
• Labor education
• Labor standards and statistics
• Organization and development of the labor market including the recruitment, training and placement of manpower

Members, 20th Congress

As of June 30, 2025, all committee membership positions are vacant until the House convenes for its first regular session on July 28.

Historical membership rosters

18th Congress

Position	Members[2]		Party	Province/City	District
Chairperson		Enrico Pineda	1PACMAN	Party-list
Vice Chairpersons		Michael Edgar Aglipay	DIWA	Party-list
		Raymond Democrito Mendoza	TUCP	Party-list
		Mark Go	Nacionalista	Baguio	Lone
		Henry Villarica	PDP–Laban	Bulacan	4th
		Ma. Fe Abunda	PDP–Laban	Eastern Samar	Lone
		Ma. Theresa Collantes	PDP–Laban	Batangas	3rd
Members for the Majority		Horacio Suansing Jr.	NUP	Sultan Kudarat	2nd
		Joy Myra Tambunting	NUP	Parañaque	2nd
		Ed Christopher Go	Nacionalista	Isabela	2nd
		Diego Ty	NUP	Misamis Occidental	1st
		Corazon Nuñez-Malanyaon	Nacionalista	Davao Oriental	1st
		Josefina Tallado	PDP–Laban	Camarines Norte	1st
		Joey Salceda	PDP–Laban	Albay	2nd
		Ruth Mariano-Hernandez	Independent	Laguna	2nd
		Marisol Panotes	PDP–Laban	Camarines Norte	2nd
		Cyrille Abueg-Zaldivar	PPP	Palawan	2nd
		Ma. Angelica Amante-Matba	PDP–Laban	Agusan del Norte	2nd
		Leonardo Babasa Jr.	PDP–Laban	Zamboanga del Sur	2nd
		Francisco Benitez	PDP–Laban	Negros Occidental	3rd
		Fernando Cabredo	PDP–Laban	Albay	3rd
		Antonino Calixto	PDP–Laban	Pasay	Lone
		Carl Nicolas Cari	PFP	Leyte	5th
		Rowena Niña Taduran	ACT-CIS	Party-list
		Jose Gay Padiernos	GP	Party-list
		Edcel Lagman	Liberal	Albay	1st
		Alfredo Garbin Jr.	AKO BICOL	Party-list
		Cheryl Deloso-Montalla	Liberal	Zambales	2nd
		Dahlia Loyola	NPC	Cavite	5th
		Manuel Luis Lopez	NPC	Manila	1st
		Elizalde Co	AKO BICOL	Party-list
		Virgilio Lacson	MANILA TEACHERS	Party-list
		Datu Roonie Sinsuat Sr.	PDP–Laban	Maguindanao	1st
		Macnell Lusotan	MARINO	Party-list
		Allan Ty	LPGMA	Party-list
		Romeo Momo Sr.	CWS	Party-list
Members for the Minority		Ferdinand Gaite	Bayan Muna	Party-list
		Lawrence Lemuel Fortun	Nacionalista	Agusan del Norte	1st
		Alex Advincula	NUP	Cavite	3rd

Vice Chairperson

• Rodolfo Albano^[a] (LPGMA)

Member for the Majority

• Francisco Datol Jr.^[b] (SENIOR CITIZENS)

See also

• House of Representatives of the Philippines
• List of Philippine House of Representatives committees
• Labor Code of the Philippines
• Department of Labor and Employment

Notes

1. Died on November 5, 2019.
2. Died on August 10, 2020.