06/05/2026
๐๐๐๐๐ค ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก-๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐๐๐ง๐
๐พ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก๐, ๐๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ค๐๐ค๐ฃ โ Facing illness and termination from work, a finance company branch manager secured P342,438.52 in separation pay upon the mediation-conciliation mechanism of the Single Entry Approach (SEnA) of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Bicol, through its Sorsogon Provincial Office, on Thursday.
The employee had been terminated after being diagnosed with an illness deemed not curable within six months. Under Article 299 of the Labor Code, termination on this ground is allowed as an authorized cause, provided that certification from a competent public health authority is obtained and the corresponding separation pay is duly released by the employer.
Upon the complaint lodged through the SEnA, the said provincial office promptly conducted conciliation-mediation conferences. Despite geographical distance, the process was efficiently carried out through virtual conferencing, with the employer represented by its Employee Relations Manager and HR Business Partner.
DOLE Bicol Regional Director Imelda F. Gatinao said that as part of enforcing labor standards, workers in vulnerable situations must be treated with dignity and their concerns with utmost urgency.
โ๐๐ฏ ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ด. ๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ธ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ณ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ช๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฐ ๐ข๐บ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ต๐ข๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐จ๐จ๐ข๐ธ๐ข,โ said RD Gatinao.
With the facilitation of the SENA Desk Officer (SEADO), both parties engaged in constructive dialogue, clarified the legal basis of the claim, and worked toward a fair and humane resolution. The cooperation of the companyโs management proved instrumental in reaching an amicable settlement.
To formalize the agreement and ensure finality, both parties executed a Quitclaim and Release, evidencing that the employee had received his full entitlement and that the matter had been settled voluntarily.
The employee expressed his gratitude for a timely resolution of his case, especially that the settlement comes at a crucial time as he continues his recovery.
โ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐จ๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ข ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐ข๐บ๐ฐ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข ๐ด๐ข ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฃ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฐ. ๐๐จ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐จ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐จ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข ๐ด๐ข ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ข๐บ [๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ] ๐ด๐ข ๐ช๐ฏ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ข๐ฌ๐ด๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฌ๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฐ. ๐๐ข๐ธ๐ขโ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ฐ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฃ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐จ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ธ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฃ๐ช๐ด๐บ๐ฐ,โ Ivan (not his real name) said.
The importance of upholding both legal standards and compassion was also emphasized by DOLE SPO Provincial Head Mary Jane L. Rolda.
โ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ง๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ธ. ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด,โ said Chief Rolda.
The Single Entry Approach (SEnA) deals with a speedy, impartial, and non-litigious mechanism of resolving labor disputes. In response to every particular conflict, it serves as a responsive and humane mechanism that promotes voluntary compliance, expedites resolution, and preserves industrial harmony. [END] JVEG/CMS/M.LLANETA
Photo/Data: DOLE Sorsogon
