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BY MAE SINGUAY
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Wednesday, May 3, 2017
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BACOLOD City – Paying overtime compensation is more affordable than hiring more employees, according to the Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco).
Ceneco shelled out P20 million in overtime pay last year, President Arnel Lapore disclosed during their 41st Annual General Membership Assembly at the Bacolod Tay Tung High School gymnasium recently.
Hiring more employees will require Ceneco to invest in the retirement of workers lasting 30 to 40 years, said General Manager Sulpicio Lagarde Jr.
Additional regular employees will also have to be allotted with allowances and “statutory contributions,” Lagarde said.
Ceneco is undermanned. Its 398 employees are serving 213,000 consumers, Lagarde admitted. Based on National Electrification Administration (NEA) guidelines, one electric cooperative employee should serve 350 consumers, he said.
The current employee-consumer ratio in Ceneco is 1:535.
Ceneco must have around 600 employees to comply with the NEA guidelines, Lagarde said.
Most employees required to render overtime work were meter-reading personnel, he said.
Around 48 workers, whose jobs are vital to the daily Ceneco operation, were required to report even during rest days, he added.
Ceneco’s 41st Annual General Membership Assembly was held on April 30.
Two days before that, Lagarde received a plaque from the NEA, who acknowledged Ceneco as an “AAA” cooperative, in Tagum City, Davao del Norte.
Ceneco was also given a certificate of appreciation for its “commitment to promote the spirit of volunteerism through its participation in the Task Force Typhoon Nina, thereby facilitating restoration of power in typhoon-affected areas.”
Lagarde said the cooperative has complied with financial, institutional and technical key performance areas.
Systems loss also went down to 11.03 percent from 11.38 percent, he said. Lagarde was looking to further reduction this month.
Rates decreased by 31 centavos in April and will further reduce by 50 centavos this month, the general manager said./PN
BACOLOD City – Paying overtime compensation is more affordable than hiring more employees, according to the Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco).
Ceneco shelled out P20 million in overtime pay last year, President Arnel Lapore disclosed during their 41st Annual General Membership Assembly at the Bacolod Tay Tung High School gymnasium recently.
Hiring more employees will require Ceneco to invest in the retirement of workers lasting 30 to 40 years, said General Manager Sulpicio Lagarde Jr.
Additional regular employees will also have to be allotted with allowances and “statutory contributions,” Lagarde said.
Ceneco is undermanned. Its 398 employees are serving 213,000 consumers, Lagarde admitted. Based on National Electrification Administration (NEA) guidelines, one electric cooperative employee should serve 350 consumers, he said.
The current employee-consumer ratio in Ceneco is 1:535.
Ceneco must have around 600 employees to comply with the NEA guidelines, Lagarde said.
Most employees required to render overtime work were meter-reading personnel, he said.
Around 48 workers, whose jobs are vital to the daily Ceneco operation, were required to report even during rest days, he added.
Ceneco’s 41st Annual General Membership Assembly was held on April 30.
Two days before that, Lagarde received a plaque from the NEA, who acknowledged Ceneco as an “AAA” cooperative, in Tagum City, Davao del Norte.
Ceneco was also given a certificate of appreciation for its “commitment to promote the spirit of volunteerism through its participation in the Task Force Typhoon Nina, thereby facilitating restoration of power in typhoon-affected areas.”
Lagarde said the cooperative has complied with financial, institutional and technical key performance areas.
Systems loss also went down to 11.03 percent from 11.38 percent, he said. Lagarde was looking to further reduction this month.
Rates decreased by 31 centavos in April and will further reduce by 50 centavos this month, the general manager said./PN
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