(Eagle News)–The Light Rail Manila Corp. has deferred the retrenchment of around 100 of its employees. The LRMC said in a statement that “while the factual basis behind the redundancy program remains legally valid, LRMC is putting it on hold, for now, to allow the company to recalibrate strategies and continue supporting team members and government partners as long as it can.” The LRMC said the Department of Transportation had also vowed to extend its […]
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DOTr chief Tugade to MRT-3, LRTA, PNR: Hire qualified employees laid off from LRT-1
(Eagle News)–Transportation Secretary Art Tugade on Wednesday, Aug. 12, ordered railway authorities under the Department of Transportation to absorb several of the around 100 employees to be laid off from the Light Rail Transit-1. In a statement, the DOTr said Tugade instructed the Philippine National Railways, the Light Rail Transit Authority and the Metro Rail Transit-3 to hire the “qualified retrenched employees.” The Light Rail Manila Corporation, which operates LRT-1, had announced the “right-sizing program” […]
