Mindanaotoday.com | Construction workers get due compensation through SEnA
MALAYBALAY CITY – A total of P256,067.93 worth of settlement was received from workers who sought assistance for their monetary claims and unpaid social benefits through the Single Entry Approach (SEnA) Program of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) for the month of March 2023.
The DOLE Bukidnon provincial field office, headed by its Provincial Director Raul Valmores, intensifies the implementation of the SEnA to complement the existing labor dispute settlement mechanism and processes in the DOLE and its attached agencies.
Received requests for assistance (RFA) were immediately acted upon by designated Single Entry Approach Desk Officers (SEADOs).
Junjie Sullano, a backhoe operator for almost four years from Kadingilan, Bukidnon, filed for DOLE’s assistance to claim his monetary and social benefits.
Sullano filed his RFA on February 16 and was immediately settled after two mandatory conferences on March 7 and received his monetary claims amounting to P18,000.00.
The backhoe operator expressed his gratitude for DOLE’s fast action in resolving his case and aiding him in claiming his benefits.
A construction worker, Joel Oraiz, sought assistance from DOLE Buk PFO for his monetary claims on February 13 and was scheduled for a conference on the 20th.
His monetary claims were settled by his previous employer with a total amount of P78,000.00 to compensate his unpaid claims.
“I am thankful to DOLE for the quick assistance so I can finally claim my hard-earned money. This is a great help to our family’s needs,” Oraiz shared upon receiving the amount.
Leo Palahang worked for almost two years as a labourer. He filed his RFA to settle his dispute with his former employer.
Palahang was illegally dismissed from his previous job and needed his last pay to sustain his family.
With a family to feed, Palahang thanked DOLE for the immediate assistance and the quick settlement for the release of his monetary claims amounting to P30,000.00.
Valmores emphasized that through the department’s SEnA program, it was able to help those who needs to claim what is due to them.
The department strives hard to help settle claims filed from workers who need their quick assistance.
Sullano, Oraiz and Pahalang are just some of the workers whose settlement was acted by competent DOLE SEADOs.
With this program, workers must not hesitate to express their labor-related problems and maximize the programs and services of the Department.
“We are awarded as the Best in SEnA Implementation during PRAISE Awards; this is why we never cease to assist workers, especially those with monetary claims from their employers,” Valmores said.
SEnA is an administrative approach to provide a speedy, impartial, inexpensive, and accessible settlement procedure of all labor issues or conflicts to prevent them from ripening into full-blown disputes or actual labor cases. (DOLE-10)
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