{"id":261545,"date":"2020-07-14T07:45:41","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T11:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=261545"},"modified":"2020-07-14T07:45:41","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T11:45:41","slug":"dole-to-aid-displaced-abs-cbn-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/07\/14\/dole-to-aid-displaced-abs-cbn-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"DOLE to aid displaced ABS-CBN employees"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dione said if termination, reduction or displacement of workforce becomes unavoidable, \u201cthe first thing that ABS-CBN should do is compensate the employees because it is legally bound to pay separation benefits to those who will be retrenched or terminated.\u201d (File photo by Judgefloro\/Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The government is ready to provide appropriate assistance to the employees of broadcast network ABS-CBN who may be affected by the denial of the House of Representatives of its bid for a 25-year franchise, an official said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are ready to extend the necessary assistance to all employees who may be displaced as a result of the congressional action,\u201d Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Undersecretary Ana Dione said in a media statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe verdict may be unfortunate for that would mean imminent job loss for a significant number of employees of one of the largest media enterprises in the country. But the workers are not helpless,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Dione said if termination, reduction or displacement of workforce becomes unavoidable, \u201cthe first thing that ABS-CBN should do is compensate the employees because it is legally bound to pay separation benefits to those who will be retrenched or terminated.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added that the agency’s National Capital Region office has been directed to determine exactly the number of ABS-CBN employees, who they are, and their nature of employment.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, as early as now, we need to know how many and who among their workers are entitled to those benefits,\u201d Dione said.<\/p>\n

She also reminded the network executives on their assertions that the plight and welfare of their thousands of workers was a primary reason why the franchise has to be granted by Congress.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they truly care for their workers, then the network is morally bound to give them all pays and emoluments that the law provides. Besides, our labor laws mandate a company that reduces its workforce or has ceased operations to provide its employees with severance pays or similar emoluments,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

On July 10, the House Committee on Legislative Franchises, voting 70-11, junked ABS-CBN\u2019s bid for a new 25-year franchise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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