Manila, June 10 -- Workers and their families affected by the 7.8 magnitude quake in Mindanao will get cash aid, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Wednesday.

Labor Secretary Francis Tolentino said the agency's regional offices and the Employees' Compensation Commission would work on the profiling of affected workers.

"With the existing ECC regulations, we are the ones providing financial assistance... If there are deceased workers, we are also able to provide an additional PHP30,000 funeral assistance for our workers... and PHP15,000 financial assistance," he said in a statement.

Under existing ECC regulations, affected workers may receive PHP15,000 in financial assistance, while the families of workers who died in th...