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Thursday, March 28, 2024

More workers regularized in Central Luzon

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San Fernando, Pampanga”•The Department of Labor and Employment in Central Luzon said about 31,007 employees were regularized as a result of the intensified campaign of 33 compliance officers in the region.

Zenaida Angara-Campita, DOLE regional director, said that of the total 31,007 regularized, 19,162 were voluntary, while the 11,845 others was the result of the implementation of existing laws.

All the employees were working with the total of 272 enterprises in the region, Campita said.

Campita said last year’s regularized employees were higher than the previous year of only 12,689 in 2017 and 10,010 in 2016, respectively.

The higher rate of regularized employees was attributed to the massive campaign of the regional office in compliance to the order of Labor Secretary Silvestre Belo, she said.

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Under the campaign, labor compliance officers will conduct assessment on the companies if they are following the Occupational Safety and Health Standards imposed by the government.

If they are found violating the standard, the companies were subjected for conference whose aim to instruct for the mandatory compliance of the law.

The director also thanked the companies who heeded their call for the regularization of their employees as it works in both ways tantamount for the benefits of employees and the companies.

“The security of the tenure of the employees is very important because they could not only become more productive but also earn more for their families,” she added.

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