The CNMI Department of Labor last week hosted its first workshop catered to disseminating COVID-19 related information to employers as a response to the recent virus outbreak. <\/p>\n
In an interview with Eugene Tebuteb, DOL director of Employment Services, the workshop held last week was more of an informational workshop to disseminate information regarding COVID 19. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s really about how we can help each other at this time and to give out more information for employees who are affected by COVID-19 through layoffs or having a reduction of work hours,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
Tebuteb explained that the workshop is directed toward the business community, specifically employers. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve invited our business community to join us, we have a lot of information to disseminate and we\u2019re mainly focusing on topics such as our local labor regulations and, CW-1 regulations, the job trends that we see out there, and that because we\u2019re responding to the impact of COVID-19. We\u2019re beginning to see layoffs from certain companies so we wanted to sort of reach out to the employers and give them the information that they need right now,\u201d Tebuteb said. <\/p>\n
The guest speakers of the workshop were Gloria Cavanagh of the Hotel Association of the Northern Mariana Islands and Esther Mu\u00f1a of the Commonwealth Health Care Corp. <\/p>\n
Tebuteb said Cavanagh was invited to discuss COVID-19\u2019s severe impact on the CNMI\u2019s hotel occupancy rate since the outbreak.<\/p>\n
\u201cGloria mainly talked about the hotel pccupancy rates and how they are diminishing, but I think the central theme here is although we are experiencing these impacts from COVID19, we\u2019re keeping our hopes intact so we can combat it that way,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
Mu\u00f1a, on the other hand, briefly discussed the countermeasures CHCC has taken in preparation of COVID-19. <\/p>\n
\u201cEsther talked briefly about COVID-19 and the counter-measures we can take so we can avoid having the COVID19 and all of that. She also provided us with updates worldwide regarding COVID19,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
Tebuteb said that this is the first time DOL has done such a workshop as a response to a virus outbreak however, DOL has sponsored clinics in the past to disseminate information regarding other major situations that affect the Marianas. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s basically an info session where we reach out to employers regarding any of the current events no matter what it may be. Several months ago or probably a year ago, we talked about CW-1 regulations and how that affected workforce and now we\u2019re discussing COVID-19. Stay strong CNMI, we\u2019re going to have to be more resilient, like we\u2019ve always been,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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