CEBU CITY, Philippines — Operations at the landfill in Barangay Binaliw may have stopped after January’s deadly landslide, but its more than 100 workers remain on the company payroll. Nearly two months after the tragedy that claimed 37 lives, no formal notice of closure has been filed with the Department of Labor and Employment in Central Visayas (DOLE-7). In other words, despite the operational halt, the absence of a formal declaration of closure means the employer-employee relationship remains in effect. As a result, the agency has required the company to keep paying its workers while the matter remains unresolved. READ: […]... Keep on reading: DOLE-7 closely monitors Binaliw workers’ February salaries