Amend Article VI, Section 4 to read as follows:

Section 4. The Company shall also provide all covered employees a monthly rice subsidy to be paid as follows:

 

Php 1,900 effective January 01, 2011;

Php 2,000 effective January 01, 2012;

Php 2,100 effective January 01, 2013.

Payment shall be made via the employee’s payroll. The Company shall shoulder the tax, if any, that may be imposed upon such subsidy.

Amend Article VII, Section 4 to read as follows:

Section 4. In keeping with the spirit of Christmas, where the Company would like to ensure that the employee’s families will have a meaningful noche buena celebration, the Company will grant a Christmas package valued as follows (exclusive of VAT): Php 4,400 for 2011, Php 4,600 for 2012, and Php 4,800 for 2013.

Amend Article XVIII, Section 4 to read as follows:

Section 4. The Company shall retain its present Out Patient Medical Program x x x

x x x

Reimbursement shall be allowed up to a maximum aggregate amount of Php 20,000 for 2011, Php 21,000 for 2012, and Php 22,000 for 2013.

Amend Article XVIII, Section 12 to read as follows:

 

Section 12. The Company shall extend the following maternity benefits to married employees:

 

  2011 2012 2013
Normal Delivery Php 15,500 Php 16,275 Php 17,100
Caesarian Section Php 25,350 Php 26,650 Php 28,000
Home Delivery Php 5,000 Php 6,000 Php 7,000
Miscarriage Php 13,250 Php 14,000 Php 14,650

 

 

Amend Article XIV, Section 2 to read as follows:

Section 2. The Company shall extend bereavement assistance in the amount of Php 35,000 to any married employee in case of death of his/her legitimate spouse, child (legitimate, illegitimate or adopted), parent, parent-in-law and to any single employee in case of death of his/her parent, brother or sister. In case of employee’s death, the Company shall extend to his/her immediate family, a bereavement assistance of Php 55,000 or the equivalent of one month’s salary whichever is greater. The assistance shall be extended upon presentation of the death certificate.

Amend Article XVI, Section 1 to read as follows:

Section  1.  The company shall grant paid Union leave as follows:

 

  • 210 working days for 2011
  • 210 working days for 2012
  • 230 working days for 2013

 

to allow its officers and members to attend or participate in labor education, programs, seminars, conferences and other union matters, provided a written application is filed three (3) days in advance of intended leave.

Amend Article XXIII, Section 4 to read as follows:

Section 4. The Company shall grant calamity assistance in the amount of Php 10,000 to any employee whose house or residence suffered substantial destruction/damage caused by fire, earthquake, typhoon, flood, volcanic activity or nuclear accident rendering his place of residence unsafe or uninhabitable for at least one day.

Amend Article VI, Section 1 to read as follows:

Section 1. The Company shall grant a general salary increase to all employees within the bargaining units on the dates and amount specified as follows:

 

Period Covered Fixed Pay Payout Day P4P For Previous Year’s Performance (Payout Day)
Jan. 1, 2011 – Dec. 31, 2011 Php 3,700 Jan 1, 2011 Php 500 ave Jan 1, 2011
Jan. 1, 2012 – Dec. 31, 2012 Php 3,700 Jan 1, 2012 Php 500 ave Jan 1, 2012
Jan. 1, 2013 – Dec. 31, 2013 Php 3,800 Jan 1, 2013 Php 600 ave Jan 1, 2013
Sub-total Php 11,200   Php 1,600  
Total Php 12,800      

 

in the event of any legislated wage increase, the Company and the Union shall first discuss and review its applicability and/or implementation.

Amend Article VI, Section 2 to read as follows:

Section 2. In determining variable pay, the following parameters shall be observed:

 

a. Plant/Non-Field

 

x x x

 

b. Medical Sales

 

National Performance Individual Performance
  Meets Exceeds
95% – 104.99% 105% – up
90% – 95.99% 2011 – Php 400 2011 – Php 500
2012 – Php 400 2012 – Php 500
2013 – Php 500 2013 – Php 600
96% – up 2011 – Php 500 2011 – Php 600
2012 – Php 500 2012 – Php 600
2013 – Php 600 2013 – Php 700

Within a month from the execution of this Agreement, the Company undertakes to discuss with the Union and concerned union members the guidelines it will use rating National Performance.

Amend Article III, Section 11 to read as follows:

Section 11. In case of termination of employment that may be effected by the Company as a result of the installation of labor saving devices, automation, or redundancy, or in cases of termination of employment due to retrenchment to prevent losses, closure or cessation of business, the Company shall pay the employee a severance pay equivalent to at least 1.5 months pay for every year of service or Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Pesos (Php 250,000), whichever is higher. Where the retrenchment or closure of business is due to financial reverses or business losses, the  pay shall be equivalent to at least one month pay for every year of service .

For purposes of computing the severance benefit, a fraction of at least six (6) months of service shall be considered one year and the monthly pay shall include all the salary increases under this Agreement that the employee should have received had he not been retrenched.

Moreover, the severance package shall also include all bonuses and rice subsidy that he should have received during the life of the Agreement had he not been separated, as well as the cash conversion of unused vacation and sick leaves and an Individual Transition Support, net of tax.

Employees retrenched under this Section, as well as their dependents, shall continue to be covered by the Company’s in-patient medical program at Company’s expense for a period of one year from the date of retrenchment. They may opt to be covered for a longer period of time (up to a maximum of  ten (10) years) but any coverage in excess of one year shall be for the account of the employee, the pre-payment for which shall be deducted in advance from his retrenchment pay.

Also, for a period of one year from the date of their retrenchment, the retrenched employees shall be included as recipients of Christmas food package traditionally given by the Company to its employees, be allowed to purchase Company products for their own personal use through the Employee Discount Order (EDO), be covered by the Group Life Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance Program, the Outpatient Medical Program, and the Maternity and Infant Feeding Program, and be entitled to bereavement assistance under this Agreement.

Amend Article XXXII to read as follows:

Section 1. This Collective Bargaining Agreement shall become effective and binding on the Company and the Union and their successors and assigns for three (3) years from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2013 and thereafter, be automatically renewed on a yearly basis, unless the Company or the Union serves upon the other written notice of termination sixty (60) days prior to the original or renewal expiration date of its intent to terminate or modify this Agreement. Insofar as the Union recognition is concerned, as provided in Article I, Section 1 hereof, this Agreement shall be valid and effective up to December 31, 2015 subject to the 60-day Freedom Period as provided by law.

Add a new section as follows:

In view of peaceful negotiations, the Company shall grant to every union member an industrial peace or goodwill bonus of Fifty Thousand pesos (Php 50,000).

Other provisions of the 2008-2010 CBA, which are not herein revised or expressly deleted, shall be retained.