25/05/2026
๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐.๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐๐๐ง๐
"๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ."
This was the statement of Mark (not his real name), one of the 27 workers who received Php 1,277,039.98 in monetary claims on Thursday through a successful settlement facilitated by the Department of Labor and Employment Bicol โ Albay Provincial Office under the Single Entry Approach (SEnA) Program.
The requesting party filed a request for assistance (RFA) through the said program to recover their monetary claims for 13th-month pay, Unpaid Salary, Salary Differential, and Retirement Benefits. Upon receipt of the request, the Provincial SEnA Desk Officer (SEADO) facilitated conciliation-mediation conferences on April 29 and 30, 2026, which resulted in an amicable settlement covering the agreed monetary amount.
DOLE Bicol Regional Director Imelda F. Gatinao emphasized the significance of the program in empowering workers to speak up and find a resolution through dialogue and mutual understanding.
"๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ท๐ถ๐ญ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ณ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ," RD Gatinao said.
The requesting parties expressed their gratitude for the impartial assistance and guidance provided by the SEnA Desk Officer throughout the settlement proceedings.
"๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฏ๐, ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ณ, ๐ง๐ข๐ด๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด. ๐ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐จ๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต," said Agnes (not her real name).
Ms. Ma. Corazon M. Blanquisco, APO SEnA Desk Officer, assured stakeholders of the Departmentโs commitment to upholding fair labor practices and protecting workersโ rights.
"๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ฆ, ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ-๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด," she shared.
Single Entry Approach (SEnA) is an administrative approach that provides a speedy, impartial, inexpensive, and accessible settlement procedure for all issues or complaints arising from employer-employee relations. [END] A.Secillano/Rฬทฬฬจฬฬฑฬช
Photo/Data: DOLE Albay
