The Department of Labor and Employment and the local government of Naga City are finalizing mechanisms for the provision of emergency employment for workers affected by the massive landslide last week.
DoLE-Cebu Provincial Field Office head, Maria Grace Diaz, said details are being laid out with representatives of the City’s Public Employment Service Office and City Social Welfare and Development Office for the assistance to be given to the workers under the Emergency Employment Program or Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged Workers.
“We are now actively coordinating with the PESO and the CSWDO in the City for the profiling of affected workers in the six barangays declared under the state of calamity,” Diaz said.
The profiling, she added, is expected to cover individuals and families residing in barangays Tina-an, Naalad, Mainit, Pangdan, Cabungahan, and Inoburan.
Tina-an and Naalad, the barangays hardest-hit by the landslide registered dozens of homes buried killing more than 60 people while dozens remained missing. DOLE-7 Regional Director Atty. Johnson G. Cañete said the two barangays will be prioritized for assistance.
“We will be sourcing out the profile of affected individuals and families from the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office to avoid duplication of entries or names. From there, we will be identifying affected workers, of course with the help of the PESO of the City of Naga,” said Cañete.
Naga-PESO Manager, Arlene Aliganga, is also one of the affected individuals in Barangay Pangdan, who left their homes after the tragedy.
Cañete said that there is going to be one member per household, who can avail the emergency employment.
Beneficiaries will render work for 30 days at a daily wage rate of
P386. They will also be enrolled in a group micro-insurance for one year under the Government Service Insurance System. Personal Protective Equipment in the form of TUPAD shirts would also be provided.
“Workers could render work at the designated evacuation centers where hundreds of families are sheltered or may help pack relief goods as option. We are awaiting the official list from the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office. Once it’s made available, then we will commence TUPAD,” Canete said.