{"id":265175,"date":"2020-08-13T22:17:53","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T02:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=265175"},"modified":"2020-08-13T22:17:53","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T02:17:53","slug":"lay-off-of-over-100-lrt-1-workers-on-hold-lrmc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/08\/13\/lay-off-of-over-100-lrt-1-workers-on-hold-lrmc\/","title":{"rendered":"Lay-off of over 100 LRT-1 workers on hold: LRMC"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_253984\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-253984\" style=\"width: 711px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/6321487595_cc96c527ed_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-253984 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/6321487595_cc96c527ed_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"711\" height=\"661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/6321487595_cc96c527ed_o.jpg 711w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/6321487595_cc96c527ed_o-300x279.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-253984\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In a statement on Thursday, the LRMC said while the basis for its retrenchment program \u201cremains legally valid,\u201d it has decided to suspend the mass lay-off and will instead \u201crecalibrate\u201d its strategies to continue supporting its personnel and the government. (File <a href=\"https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/martindemo\/6321487595\/\">photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/martindemo\/\">martindemo\/Flickr<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/2.0\/\">CC BY-NC-ND 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The planned mass lay-off of over 100 or 20 percent of the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) workforce has been put on hold, according to the Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC), the operator and maintenance provider of the rail service.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Thursday, the LRMC said while the basis for its retrenchment program \u201cremains legally valid,\u201d it has decided to suspend the mass lay-off and will instead \u201crecalibrate\u201d its strategies to continue supporting its personnel and the government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Department of Transportation (DOTr) has also pledged to support LRMC and find equitable solutions to support our employees during this difficult time,\u201d the LRMC said.<\/p>\n<p>It has also announced that there will be company-wide testing for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) from August 14 to 19 (Friday to Wednesday) following DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade\u2019s call for their workers to undergo such tests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is also part of LRMC\u2019s preparations as it anticipates the resumption of LRT-1 operations once the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) is lifted in Metro Manila,\u201d the LRMC said.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the LRMC announced its planned mass lay-off that was scheduled to take effect September 15 due to a 90-percent decline in the ridership of the rail service caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The planned mass lay-off of over 100 or 20 percent of the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) workforce has &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":253984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-265175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-raymond-carl-dela-cruz","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265175"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":265181,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265175\/revisions\/265181"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}