Benefits OK'd for sugar workers
By Nidz Godino
Additional funds for maternity and death benefits of workers in sugar industry nationwide has approved by Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
This developed after Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma signed order authorizing DOLE's bureau of workers with special concerns to release additional reserve funds amounting to P6.8 million and P11.76 million for maternity and death benefits of sugar workers, respectively.
Funds will be allocated in DOLE's offices in Bicol, Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon), Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Central Visayas, Davao Region, Eastern Visayas, Northern Mindanao and Soccsksargen (South Cotabato, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani and General Santos) as well as in Iloilo and Negros Occidental.Earlier, labor department increased maternity and death benefits of sugar workers from P5,000 to P8,000, and from P10,000 to P14,000, respectively
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