“We decided I will write Comelec and ask Comelec to open voting centers for BPO, BPO employees in Cebu,” she said in a message during the IT-BPO meeting in Cebu City on Monday, Dec. 13.
Amid fears that workers of the business process outsourcing companies in Cebu City might get disenfranchised come election day, presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo has backed calls for the Commission on Elections to open voting centers for BPO employees.
Although employers are required to give time for their employees to cast their votes on May 9, 2022, BPO companies follow the holidays and schedules of their foreign clients. But the potential disenfranchment of BPO employees and workers from other sectors is not exclusive to Cebu City.
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