DOLE unveils its 3rd compliance marker for SMB

By GIRLIE GARCES
January 27, 2016

CATBALOGAN CITY – The Department of Labor and Employment has long launched its program under the Department Order 18-A. Under this program, companies are sought to support the need to comply with all statutory requirements for employees. This entails the payment of basic wages and benefits as the law provides.

It can be noted that even if the company themselves may be complaint with the DOLE order, it does not assure the adherence of their third party service providers and business partners.

For San Miguel Brewery Inc., the company has acted as a big brother to its partners by encouraging and providing them with assistance to ensure that the employees of the contractors get what is demanded by law.

Recently, San Miguel Brewery Inc.’s Eastern Visayas Regional Office unveiled its marker for being a labor law complaint installation. This means that its contractors fully comply with the requirements set by the DOLE.

In December of 2015, the Mandaue plant unveiled with Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis Baldoz, and the officials of DOLE-7, the first marker of compliance. Late last year, the DOLE-8 regional office headed by Director Elias Cayanong and City vice-mayor Zambo Yaokasin led in the unveiling of SMB’s Eastern Visayas - Leyte Beer Region compliance marker in Tacloban City.

On its third round, SMB’s Eastern Visayas Beer Region in Catbalogan City also set its marker last January 26 with DOLE-8 Director Cayanong and Mayor Stephany Uy-Tan unveiling.

“We are serious about helping our business partners comply with the DOLE requirements because we believe that a secure and happy employee is a loyal and productive employee. This in turn translates into a more dedicated worker that would contribute to the growth of the business,” Leo Remeses Amoyan, Human Resource and Administration Manager of SMB said.

“We are happy that SMB has been supportive of our program,” Director Cayanong shared. “We are also glad of the cooperation of their business partners as this would also benefit not just their employees but also their business.”