CODI is the Committee on Decorum and Investigation of Sexual Harassment Cases.The Committee shall be composed of at least one (1) representative each from the management, the accredited union, if nay, the second level employees, and from the first level employees, duly selected by the unit concerned.The Administrative Disciplinary Rules on Sexual Harassment Cases spells out in clear-cut terms the procedural and substantive requirements in pursuing sexual harassment cases, sets preliminary investigation to start within five days from receipt of a complaint and to be completed within 15 days thereafter.

The estimated number of employed persons based on the October 2008 Labor Force Survey is 34.5 million. Of
this number, 38.4 percent are women (13.3 million). This translates to an employment rate of 93.5 percent for women, higher than the employment rate of 93.0 percent for men. Two regions register a high employment rate among women, with 97 for every 100 of the regions’ labor force reported as employed in October 2008. These are Cagayan Valley (96.8%) and Zamboanga Peninsula (96.6%). Only NCR registers an employment rate lower than 90 percent (88.3%).

Underemployed persons are employed persons who express the desire to have additional hours of work in their present job or an additional job, or have a new job with longer working hours. They were estimated at 6.0 million in October 2008. Of this number, 28.1 percent are women (1.7 million). This translates to an underemployment rate (the proportion of underemployed women to total employed women) of 12.8 percent for women. Underemployment rate among men is reported at 20.4 percent.