Employers misinterpret employees

AN employee of an online gaming company was dismissed by her employers after she went to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to complain after she was not allowed by her superiors to get out of the building during a powerful earthquake.

According to her, she was not allowed to leave her gaming table during the tremor because so much money would be put at stake should she turn her attention away from her station.

She felt she had to take cover and get out of the building for her safety.

Since there was no company protocol to follow during the occurrence of such incident, she felt she had to save herself from imminent danger caused by the earthquake. But she was not allowed to take herself to a more safer place.

Days later she went to DOLE and filed a complaint.

But the company accused her of putting the establishment in a bad light.
And she was eventually terminated.

The employee ran to DOLE and filed an illegal dismissal case against her employers.

Maraming labor lawyer ang naniniwala at nagsasabi na malakas ang kaso ng empleyado laban sa kanyang mga employer. Dismissing an employee just because she went to DOLE to complain is never a legitimate ground for dismissal.

Since there was no company protocol prior to the incident to guide her, she felt violated when she was prevented from leaving her station to find a safer place.

Malaki ang tsansa na magbabayad ang kompanya dahil sa violation na ito na kung tutuusin naman ay pwedeng hindi mangyari kung nauunawaan lang ng employer ang kanyang empleyado.

We have to remind employers not to punish their employees who seek DOLE or the National Labor Relations Commission for guidance, or who would want to complain.

Employers should rather take these action of their employees that would straighten up the company’s emergency protocols.