Philippine Senate Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development

Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development
Senate of the Philippines 20th Congress
History
New session started	July 28, 2025 (2025-07-28)
Leadership
Chair	Raffy Tulfo (Independent) since September 9, 2025 (2025-09-09)
Structure
Political groups	Majority () Minority ()

The Philippine Senate Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development is a standing committee of the Senate of the Philippines.

Jurisdiction

According to the Rules of the Senate, ^[1] the committee handles all matters relating to:

• Labor, employment and human resource development
• Maintenance of industrial peace
• Promotion of employer-employee cooperation
• Labor education, standards and statistics
• Organization of the labor market including recruitment, training and placement of workers and exports of human resources
• Foreign workers in the Philippines
• Promotion and development of workers' organizations
• Promotion and development of employment-intensive technology

Members, 20th Congress

Based on the Rules of the Senate, the Senate Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development has 15 members.

Position	Member [2]	Party
Chairperson	Raffy Tulfo		Independent
Vice Chairperson
Members for the Majority
Members for the Minority

Ex officio members:

• Senate President pro tempore Panfilo Lacson
• Majority Floor Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri
• Minority Floor Leader Tito Sotto

Committee secretary:Vacant

Historical membership rosters

19th Congress

Position	Member [3]	Party
Chairperson	Joel Villanueva		Independent
Vice Chairperson	Raffy Tulfo		Independent
Members for the Majority	JV Ejercito		NPC
	Mark Villar		Nacionalista
	Nancy Binay		UNA
	Ronald dela Rosa		PDP–Laban
	Win Gatchalian		NPC
	Bong Go		PDP–Laban
	Lito Lapid		NPC
	Loren Legarda		NPC
	Grace Poe		Independent
	Bong Revilla		Lakas
	Cynthia Villar		Nacionalista
	Juan Miguel Zubiri		Independent
Member for the Minority	Risa Hontiveros		Akbayan

Committee secretary: Ambrosio M. Manaligod, Jr.

18th Congress

Position	Member [4]	Party
Chairperson	Joel Villanueva		CIBAC
Vice Chairperson	Nancy Binay		UNA
Members for the Majority	Bong Go		PDP–Laban
	Win Gatchalian		NPC
	Sonny Angara		LDP
	Bong Revilla		Lakas
	Francis Tolentino		PDP–Laban
	Manny Pacquiao		PDP–Laban
	Ronald dela Rosa		PDP–Laban
	Panfilo Lacson		Independent
	Koko Pimentel		PDP–Laban
Members for the Minority	Risa Hontiveros		Akbayan
	Francis Pangilinan		Liberal

Committee secretary: Ambrosio M. Manaligod Jr.

See also

• List of Philippine Senate committees

References

1. "Rules of the Senate" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines. July 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
2. "Senate Permanent Committees - 20th Congress" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines . Retrieved 20 August 2025.
3. "Senate Permanent Committees - 19th Congress" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines . December 10, 2024. Retrieved July 22, 2025.
4. "Senate Permanent Committees - 18th Congress" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines. September 24, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2020.