ILOILO CITY – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power), the sole power utility distributor in this city, has started random drug testing of its workers.
“Considering that we are an electric utility, we want to make sure that our employees are drug-free, especially they go out on the field,” said Daphne Karina de Pedro, Assistant Vice President for Human Capital Management.MORE Power started drug testing regular and contractual workers this week in compliance with Department of Labor and Employment Order No. 2023-5303.
“If anyone is found positive, they will undergo confirmatory drug testing. If still found positive, the employee will undergo due process,” said De Pedro.MORE Power conducted the drug test as anti-drug operations by the Philippine National Police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency -6 have seized millions worth of shabu here and the province of Iloilo.From September 23 to 24, P6.47-million worth of shabu was seized in three separate anti-drug operations here.
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