“Paying wages and monetary benefits of workers the digital way helps the government promote financial inclusivity,” Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said, noting that digital money transfers were a safer method.
“Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said both victims… will receive P120,000 bereavement assistance each from the government,” DOLE said in a statement.
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said that as of Monday, 95,702 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have been sent back to their homes amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello said on Saturday the reopening of economies around the world could lead to the re-hiring of overseas Filipino workers by their former employers.
Workers of ABS-CBN who will be affected by the failure of the network’s franchise bid should receive compensation from the company, the Department of Labor and Employment said on Tuesday.