by Raadee Sausa December 19, 2020 Cavite. (Photo from Pmfc Cavite) ...
December 19, 2020
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IMUS, Cavite - More workers have reported back to factories in Cavite province, a sign that the economic zone is on track to full recovery after months of temporary work stoppage and reduced operation because of the coronavirus pandemic.
But one company that manufactured electronic parts permanently shutdown after losing much of its foreign clients, Norma Tañag said, manager of the Cavite Economic Zone.
Tañag said she was not authorized to disclose the name or any further detail about the company.
As of Monday, 251 of 293 companies were “fully operational” to manufacture electronics, car parts, garments and other consumer goods mainly for export, said the Philippine Economic Zone Authority.
This figure translates to 74,806, out of the total 81,012 strong workforce, back to the assembly line.
Tañag said that for the rest of the companies, their operation remained at just “20 percent to 30 percent.”
Lowest infection rate
Moreover, she added, were hiring employees after some workers opted not to return to the factories anymore after being furloughed.
At the onset of the pandemic in March, close to half of Cavite’s factories downsized and resorted to maintaining a skeleton workforce, resulting in the temporary displacement of
about 60,000 workers.
If the decreasing trend of virus infection continues, “we are looking at [ returning to full normal operations] by the first or second quarter [of 2021],” Tañag said.
She said the return of public transport and the relaxed movement restriction in the province had allowed more workers to report back to their jobs.
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