Mindanaotoday.com | Laborers receive P400k each via DOLE’s SEnA
TAGOLOAN, MISAMIS ORIENTAL – Two laborers received P400,000.00 each representing their monetary claims following an amicable settlement with their employer facilitated by the Department of Labor and Employment-10’s (DOLE-10) through the Single Entry Approach (SEnA) in this province on Feb. 27.
These workers were not able to return to work as a result of a fire incident that transpired inside the premises of the company where they worked as machine operators.
They were hospitalized and given proper medical assistance for two months.
Hospitalization and treatment were shouldered by their employer including the added financial assistance during the time they were hospitalized.
Jose Errol Natividad, Misamis Oriental provincial director, applauded both parties for the cooperation which resulted to a settlement.
Furthermore, he commended the exemplary work of the Single Entry Assistance Desk Officer (SEADO), who facilitated and administered promptly the workers’ request for assistance.
Natividad said, “It is imperative that we steer to a direction aiming towards a speedy and fair resolution that benefits not just one, but both parties so that everyone may enjoy a harmonious working relationship.”
The two laborers expressed their gratitude to their employer and to the DOLE for the quick turnout of the said assistance.
Hilario Sintos, Jr., one of the laborers, thanked the DOLE for the efforts toward a speedy disposition.
“We are grateful to DOLE for assisting us with our concern in facilitating our monetary claims and other benefits. We are also thankful to the company who did not abandon us and helped us in our needs,” Sintos said.
SEnA is an administrative approach that provides a speedy, impartial, inexpensive, and accessible settlement procedure for all issues or complaints arising from employer-employee relations to prevent them from ripening into full- disputes.
Under this method, all labor and employment disputes undergo a 30-day mandatory conciliation-mediation process to settle with contending parties. (DOLE-10)
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