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The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is a vital government institution that helps ensure the quality of life and welfare of Filipino workers deployed locally and internationally, especially during crises and calamities. The COVID-19 pandemic has spawned continuing challenges for the workers, including lack of jobs, reduced income, restrictions to access decent jobs, and mental health issues. The Philippine employers are adversely affected as well by the reduced demand, high cost of doing business, and stiff competition here and abroad. Since the onset of the pandemic, the government has shifted to employers the burden of their employees' financial, physical, and mental health and wellbeing, obligations which are borne by the government in other countries.
Businessmen and employers want to be updated on relevant issues, such as (1) urging employers to put in place paid isolation and quarantine leaves for workers who have to go on home- or facility-based quarantine, as well as those who are confirmed to have the coronavirus infection; (2) possibility of allowing only fully-vaccinated employees to work on-site; and (3) other policies and regulations that will affect Filipino employees and employers. These will be discussed in this webinar.
