THE National Food Authority Employees Association
THE National Food Authority Employees Association (NFAEA) is protesting the mass layoff of approximately 2,000 everyday personnel below the authorised restructuring of the employer below the Rice Tariffication Law.
Under the accepted NFA Restructuring by using the Governance Commission for Government-Owned and -Controlled Corporation (GCG), 1,967 ordinary personnel of the overall group of workers of 4,611 could be removed from the NFA.
Eighty percent are first degree personnel, which consist of clerks, secretaries, security guards, utility people, trades, crafts, and custodial carrier positions like accounting clerk, computer illustrator, HR assistant, among others.NFAEA National President Maximo Torda stated this massive reduction in its body of workers would affect a extensive majority of permanent, eligible workers who're “too young to retire yet too vintage to discover new jobs.”
“What is supplied in the IRR (Implementing Rules and Regulations) [of the Rice Tariffication Law] is Restructuring, which means that the NFA will conform in step with its new role beneath Republic Act 11203. But it does not robotically mean laying of hundreds of its normal personnel,” Torda instructed The Manila Times.
He stated the NFAEA has called on Congress to study or repeal that precise provision of the law, noting that it has an ongoing national amassing of a million signatures to support its motive.
“[W]e are gearing up for a felony war soonest,” Torda said.
According to GCG, the implementation of the accredited organizational structure and staffing pattern shall start inside two months from the approval of the NFA’s separation incentive bundle (SIP) by the Office of the President.
The GCG approved Memorandum Order 2019-13 last January 7, putting in region NFA’s restructuring as mandated by using RA 11203.
The approaching mass layoff, but, runs counter to the new mandates of the NFA, said Torda.
“[The] GCG stated [it wants] NFA to be financially feasible at hindi na malulugi sa kanyang functioning. Ang pagtanggal daw ng almost 2,000 employees ay makakasave diumano ng P875 million annually ang authorities,” he defined.
“Pero ang (But the)irony is that even if NFA lays off lahat (all) employees nevertheless hindi ito magiging (this isn't) financially possible because of the character of its governmental role. Note po na ang (that our) number one provider customers namin ay (are) poor farmers at (and) calamity sufferers so it’s heartless naman kung sila ay tutubuan or inenegosyo pa ng gobyerno para lang hindi malugi ang (if the authorities will take advantage of them to keep away from going bankrupt) NFA,” Torda delivered.
With restrained range of employees, the NFAEA fears that the meals organization will not be capable of satisfy its new directive to deal with the rice requirement of the government’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries, given that most of them are situated in the 41 provinces in which the present NFA Provincial Offices could be abolished or merged underneath the GCG-authorized restructured NFA.
The cutting-edge memorandum additionally states that “the NFA Council, via the Administrator, will be responsible for the price of separation blessings to the affected officials and personnel, whether or not regular or casual/contractual, pursuant to existing legal guidelines.”
But there may be no guarantee that the GCG-authorised staffing pattern will all be stuffed up, Torda said.
“If a particular office has 10 accepted plantilla positions for drivers but simplest has 5 carrier motors for example, only 5 drivers could be hired,” he added.
The Manila Times has attempted to reach NFA Administrator Judy Dansal for her remark however has now not acquired a reaction as of press time.
THE National Food Authority Employees Association (NFAEA) is protesting the mass layoff of approximately 2,000 everyday personnel below the authorised restructuring of the employer below the Rice Tariffication Law.
Under the accepted NFA Restructuring by using the Governance Commission for Government-Owned and -Controlled Corporation (GCG), 1,967 ordinary personnel of the overall group of workers of 4,611 could be removed from the NFA.
Eighty percent are first degree personnel, which consist of clerks, secretaries, security guards, utility people, trades, crafts, and custodial carrier positions like accounting clerk, computer illustrator, HR assistant, among others.NFAEA National President Maximo Torda stated this massive reduction in its body of workers would affect a extensive majority of permanent, eligible workers who're “too young to retire yet too vintage to discover new jobs.”
“What is supplied in the IRR (Implementing Rules and Regulations) [of the Rice Tariffication Law] is Restructuring, which means that the NFA will conform in step with its new role beneath Republic Act 11203. But it does not robotically mean laying of hundreds of its normal personnel,” Torda instructed The Manila Times.
He stated the NFAEA has called on Congress to study or repeal that precise provision of the law, noting that it has an ongoing national amassing of a million signatures to support its motive.
“[W]e are gearing up for a felony war soonest,” Torda said.
According to GCG, the implementation of the accredited organizational structure and staffing pattern shall start inside two months from the approval of the NFA’s separation incentive bundle (SIP) by the Office of the President.
The GCG approved Memorandum Order 2019-13 last January 7, putting in region NFA’s restructuring as mandated by using RA 11203.
The approaching mass layoff, but, runs counter to the new mandates of the NFA, said Torda.
“[The] GCG stated [it wants] NFA to be financially feasible at hindi na malulugi sa kanyang functioning. Ang pagtanggal daw ng almost 2,000 employees ay makakasave diumano ng P875 million annually ang authorities,” he defined.
“Pero ang (But the)irony is that even if NFA lays off lahat (all) employees nevertheless hindi ito magiging (this isn't) financially possible because of the character of its governmental role. Note po na ang (that our) number one provider customers namin ay (are) poor farmers at (and) calamity sufferers so it’s heartless naman kung sila ay tutubuan or inenegosyo pa ng gobyerno para lang hindi malugi ang (if the authorities will take advantage of them to keep away from going bankrupt) NFA,” Torda delivered.
With restrained range of employees, the NFAEA fears that the meals organization will not be capable of satisfy its new directive to deal with the rice requirement of the government’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries, given that most of them are situated in the 41 provinces in which the present NFA Provincial Offices could be abolished or merged underneath the GCG-authorized restructured NFA.
The cutting-edge memorandum additionally states that “the NFA Council, via the Administrator, will be responsible for the price of separation blessings to the affected officials and personnel, whether or not regular or casual/contractual, pursuant to existing legal guidelines.”
But there may be no guarantee that the GCG-authorised staffing pattern will all be stuffed up, Torda said.
“If a particular office has 10 accepted plantilla positions for drivers but simplest has 5 carrier motors for example, only 5 drivers could be hired,” he added.
The Manila Times has attempted to reach NFA Administrator Judy Dansal for her remark however has now not acquired a reaction as of press time.
