Despite negative reports about the CNMI workforce issues, Gov. Ralph DLG Torres assured that his administration and CNMI government is doing its best to address those labor issues.<\/p>\n
The national media picked up on the U.S. Department of Labor\u2019s settlement with four Chinese companies, but the CNMI government is exerting more effort to prevent a repeat of that fiasco, Torres said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we are doing now is our Department of Labor here has access to [documentation of the] workforce [that are here] now to make sure their documents are proper,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are coming out with a communication making sure that when [DOL] comes to their business, the documentation of workers are readily available.\u201d<\/p>\n
The increased effort seeks to prevent a repeat of what had happened in the case of MCC International, Gold Mantis Construction Decoration, Beilida Engineering, and Sino Great Wall International when workers were brought in as tourists.<\/p>\n
The USDOL entered into a settlement agreement with the four companies last week to pay about $14 million to over 2,400 workers who have yet to receive back pay.<\/p>\n
Torres is sure that the negative reports arising from the settlement has had an effect. \u201cHowever, we must remain cognizant that as much as we have progress, this is a setback that we still need to address. We don\u2019t have a perfect government and we don\u2019t have a perfect\u2026economy. We are striving and we are doing well, and issues like this need to be addressed along the way,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t think it should stop our progress.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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