'Phone giant owes workers P77M'

LISTED telecommunications giant PLDT Inc. on Monday said it filed an appeal with the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) on July 17 after it was ordered by the government agency to pay more than P77 million for allegedly violating labor standards.

PLDT said it received a compliance order from DoLE’s National Capital Region Office on July 3 saying the company and 48 of its third-party service contractors did not fully pay their workers and therefore owe contractual employees approximately P77.5 million for various statutory monetary benefits.