Four employees from two separate business firms availed their respective benefits through the assistance of this Office.

 

Oscar Runtal, Ruel Pastrada and Ryan Salanga of AHVIS Distribution, Incorporated and Lailani Apilado of SYM Motors, filed separate RFA's seeking assistance regarding issues on non-payment of salary, refund of cash bond and non-remittance of mandatory deductions due to SSS, HDMF, and PHIC.

 

AHVIS Distribution, Incorporated is located at Rivera Building, Catbangen, City of San Fernando, La Union as a distributor of Sun Cellular Cards within the province with a total employment of 20 personnel.

 

The three gentlemen, who are all messengers of AHVIS, filed their RFA on April 18, 2013 in the presence of SEADO Felicidad Q. Corpuz. Oscar and Ruel are going after their cash bond while Ryan is trying to get his supposed remittances submitted to the concerned entities. Lailanie sought assistance on April 22, 2013 on issues of non-payment of salary and she, too, is after the refund of her cash bond.

 

During the initial conference, management agreed to respond to the messengers' requests on May 3, 2013 to give the former time to compute and verify the exact amount of refund with respect to possible shortages that the latter might have incurred.

 

On the scheduled date, AHVIS complied with the request. However, Oscar and Ruel, who are supposed to receive P1,753.00 and P2,520.00 respectively, were only handed the amounts of P53.00 and P686.00 due to accounted shortages they have incurred. Management has made it a point with Ryan that they will settle their remittances with SSS, HDMF, and PHIC within one month after the signing of their agreement.

 

On the other hand, Lailanie of SYM Motors, met with the La Union Branch Manager Mr. Jelson Bibat. After careful deliberation of her issues, Mr. Abat promised to follow-up her claims, amounting to P7200.00, to be released on or before May 20, 2013.

 

SENA is a reform measure institutionalized by Secretary Baldoz in 2010 through D.O. 107-10 to effect faster, fairer, and inexpensive settlement of labor issues and to prevent these issues from maturing into actual labor cases.

 

Under the SENA, single entry approach desks (SEADs) were established in all DOLE offices nationwide to serve as entry points in speeding up the resolution of all cases affecting workers and employers. Trained officers, called SEADOs, man the desks. Their role is to facilitate conciliation-mediation between opposing parties within 30 days.

 

(Lester B. Panem)