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Sanctions urged vs BPOs that kept employees at work after Cebu quake - BusinessWorld Online
A LEGISLATOR called for business process outsourcing (BPO) companies to be sanctioned after they allegedly kept employees at work after a 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck Cebu province earlier this week. “They’re insensitive for forcing their employees to return to work just a few minutes after a massive earthquake,” Akbayan Party-list Rep. Percival V. Cendaña said in a statement on Thursday. At least 10 Cebu BPOs compelled staff to report to wor…
The BPO Industry Employees Network (BIEN) Cebu filed a formal complaint with the Department of Employment Regional Office 7 against several BPO companies forcibly returning their employees despite the earthquake that hit Cebu City. Some of the reported incidents include requiring employees to answer calls instead of evacuating. They also received a report that a company even blocked the exits of a building floor to prevent employees from leaving…
Cebu BPO workers report forced return, threats after earthquake
by Marjuice Destinado Bulatlat.com At least 10 BPO companies in Cebu City violated labor rights and occupational safety standards following the September 30 earthquake, the BPO Industry Employees Network (BIEN)-Cebu reported in a Facebook post on Thursday, October 2. According to reports received by BIEN-Cebu, workers said they were forced back to the production floor just 30 minutes after the quake, even as aftershocks continued, and some emerg…
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