Representatives from the sugar millers sector in Negros Occidental were introduced yesterday to the guidelines of the Employees' Compensation Program designed to provide benefits to work-related contingencies for both public and private workers.

Vicente Castro, deputy director of PSMA, said the ECP is "very relevant" to the sugar industry because compensation for work-related sickness or injury has always been a source of debate between employees, management and health personnel.

The seminar at a Bacolod hotel yesterday was attended by safety, human resource, and union officers from various sugar mills.

Merci sets up
internet home

Merci Pasalubong Treats is going global through its website at www.merci.com.ph, a press release from the store said.

Included in the website are product listings, list of branches, news, events, and current promos as well as the company's profile.

Meanwhile, Merci said its Travel Plus promo continues.

Travelers to and from Bacolod can avail of 10 percent discount from all Merci Pasalubong Products when they present their used or unused bus, ferry or plane ticket.

Teletech named
fastest-growing BPO

TeleTech Holdings Inc. was recognized as the Fastest Growing Business Process Outsourcing company in the Philippines by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the Business Processing Association of the Philippines and other organizations at the recent 2007 International ICT Awards in Manila.

TeleTech vice president and general manager Maulik Parekh yesterday said Bacolod City obviously played a key role in their winning of the award because of the number of people they have hired, adding that they have 11,000 employees all over the country right now.

He said their Bacolod site has about 1,500 employees and they will be hiring close to 500 employees in the next three to four months. "So our growth continues to stay strong here in Bacolod because of how satisfied our clients are wth the good performance and customer management skills of our employees," he added.

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