The Current Labor Statistics (CLS), published quarterly by the Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics (BLES), provides data users with macroeconomic statistics and administrative-based statistics related to labor and employment.

          The April 2009 issue includes the preliminary results of the January 2009 round of the Labor Force Survey (LFS) by the National Statistics Office (NSO).  Presented also are data on the indices of compensation and employment, labor turnover rates, average daily basic pay of workers, Consumer Price Index (CPI) and inflation rates, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Gross National Product (GNP), foreign investments, OFW deployment and their remittances, number of workers assessed and certified under Philippine TVET qualification and certification system, number of maritime trainees certificated, number of examinees and passers of various licensure examinations, appealed compensation claims and benefits and services for OFWs  Likewise, administrative-based data from the operations of DOLE for 2008 are presented.   

          The BLES would like to thank the agencies where the data were secured, specifically, the NSO, the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB), the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS), and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).  Equally deserving of our gratitude are the various bureaus, regional offices and attached agencies of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) for their continuing support to this publication.