{"id":142739,"date":"2017-12-29T00:19:07","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T05:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=142739"},"modified":"2025-03-06T13:31:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T18:31:55","slug":"call-centers-safety-welfare-in-negros-2018-planning-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/12\/29\/call-centers-safety-welfare-in-negros-2018-planning-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Call centers\u2019 safety, welfare in Negros 2018 planning agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_34234\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34234\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/shutterstock_138330134.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34234\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/shutterstock_138330134.jpg\" alt=\"BPO facilities should employ the highest degree of safety and emergency measures to prevent loss of lives, she further said.<\/p srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/shutterstock_138330134.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/shutterstock_138330134-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/shutterstock_138330134-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34234\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy clenbuterol online <a href=\"https:\/\/fasteruc.com\/contact-faster\/html\/clenbuterol.html\">https:\/\/fasteruc.com\/contact-faster\/html\/clenbuterol.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> (ShutterStock)&#8221; width=&#8221;1000&#8243; height=&#8221;667&#8243; \/><\/a> BPO facilities should employ the highest degree of safety and emergency measures to prevent loss of lives, she further said. (ShutterStock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>BACOLOD CITY \u2014<\/strong>\u00a0The safety and welfare of call center employees in their workplaces will be a priority agenda in the 2018 planning of the Bacolod-Negros Federation for Information and Communication Technology (BNEFIT).<\/p>\n<p>It will be one of the important agenda for the organization\u2019s planning for 2018, said lawyer Jocelle Batapa-Sigue, executive director of BNEFIT, in response to the incident in Davao City where 37 call center agents died in a fire inside a mall which hosts their business process outsourcing (BPO) company.<\/p>\n<p>Batapa-Sigue, a trustee of the National ICT Confederation of the Philippines, said that malls offering spaces to BPO locators must understand the nature of the call center business.<\/p>\n<p>They should always take measures to protect the lives and welfare of the workers, she added.<\/p>\n<p>BPO facilities should employ the highest degree of safety and emergency measures to prevent loss of lives, she further said.<\/p>\n<p>In Negros Occidental, especially Bacolod, Batapa-Sigue said she is confident that BPO companies are implementing safety measures.<\/p>\n<p>She said that 80 percent of the BPO companies operating here are accredited by the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) which initiates regular annual and periodic inspections to maintain facility standards.<\/p>\n<p>Regular fire drills and emergency and evacuation measures are conducted, she added.<\/p>\n<p>Batapa-Sigue said she has high confidence in the standards enforced by the PEZA, Bureau of Fire Protection, and the local government units.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy levitra soft online <a href=\"https:\/\/fasteruc.com\/contact-faster\/html\/levitra-soft.html\">https:\/\/fasteruc.com\/contact-faster\/html\/levitra-soft.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Bacolod hosts large-scale call center firms such as Convergys, Teleperformance, Teletech, and PanAsiatic solutions. 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