THE Department of Labor and Employment in Central Visayas (DoLE-7) will not order a work stoppage against J.E. ACLI also informed labor officials that the company will shoulder the hospital bills of their construction workers as well as the burial expenses of the fatalities. Ticao said they have no specific data yet as to the number of construction workers who do not have these mandatory benefits. The bunkhouse is located near the ACLI project site in Barangay Lahug, Cebu City and is used only as temporary quarters of its workers. “It [bunkhouse]was not suitable quarters [for workers],” Ticao added.

Source: Manila Times March 07, 2018 16:18 UTC