THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has ordered owners of footwear factory Kentex Manufacturing Corp. to pay 57 workers another P1.4 million for violations of labor laws, on top of the P8.3 million that it was also told to shell out earlier.

At the same time, DOLE Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz on Thursday disclosed that she had submitted to Justice Secretary Leila de Lima an endorsement for filing of criminal cases against the owners or responsible officers of Kentex and CJC Manpower in connection with a fire that gutted the factory in Valenzuela City (Metro Manila) last May.

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