Displaced worker turned DOLE staff thru SEnA By: Olga Virginia A. Demata
displaced employees from Water Ups MPC and some farmers. On February 25, 2016, they both filed a Request for Assistance to DOLEPDI Satellite Office, and as a result, the displaced workers signed a quitclaim together with the employer on March 13, 2016 with an amount equivalent to their 13th month pay.
With the change of the cooperative’s administration and some net loss, they got separated from work on January 16, 2016.
They opted to tap to different government agencies that could provide these livelihood assistance to them, apart from the organization created, an opportunity opened for Arañez to land a job as DOLE support staff in the PDI-Satellite Office on April 1, 2016.
“I am grateful for this job opportunity from DOLE. SEnA program paved the way for me to land to this new job as a public servant and I really treasure my work now,” said Arañez. After which they decided to (DOLE-Caraga) create an organization with the other 4 -10 JUNE 2016
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Arañez was previously employed at Water Ups Multi-Purpose Cooperative as the Human ResourceAdmin Services Manager together with her husband Johnbert Arañez, a Sales and Marketing Manager, and they both experienced the dilemma of losing a job.
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Then, on March 17, 2016, the first ever displaced workers association was created which they called “Integrated Displaced Workers Rowena E. Arañez, a displaced Farmers Association.” worker in the province of Dinagat Islands, proves the effectiveness of the In order to sustain the vital needs Single Entry Approach (SEnA) program of their families, the organization of the Department of Labor and will provide employment for their Employment (DOLE), as she got back displaced members through livelihood from the mainstream of the society. programs.
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