The Labor Department will be setting up a “one-stop shop” to help assist ABS-CBN employees who stand to lose their jobs following the denial of the network’s franchise application, Malacañang said Thursday.
[Translation: There will be a one-stop shop center for NCR, and for ABS-CBN, so ABS-CBN’s retrenched workers can apply. There will also be a job referral system, and there might also be a job fair. This was confirmed by Secretary Bello.]
Roque stressed that the proposed one-stop shop will also be open to all retrenched workers of other sectors., citing the non-renewal of its license. The media company did not say how many workers will be affected, but noted they will be given separation pay and retirement benefits. ABS-CBN stopped radio and broadcast operations – the bulk of its business – in early May, but said it could retain its employees for three months, hoping that it would go back on air by then.
Roque, in an interview with CNN Philippines earlier in the day, said affected employees can also avail of the same benefits and support provided by the government to workers displaced by the crisis— including the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers or TUPAD program and other livelihood loans.
While it remains off the air, ABS-CBN had said it will continue to deliver news through the limited platforms available to them.
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