DOLE settles over P1.8-M labor claims in Surigao Sur
BUTUAN CITY - Eighty-one workers in Surigao del Sur were awarded monetary claims in 2021 through the agency's Single-Entry Approach (SENA) program, the Department of Labor and Employment in Caraga (DOLE-13) said Tuesday. "To provide accessible, speedy, impartial, and inexpensive settlement procedures, the DOLE-SDSPO (DOLE Surigao del Sur Provincial Office) facilitated the settlement of the workers' requests for assistance in the province through the SENA program," DOLE-13 said in a statement. A total of PHP1,864,945 were awarded to the 81 claimants, it said, adding that conci...