Work From Home: DOLE Advises Measure To Lessen Spread Of COVID-19
DOLE ADVISES TO WORK FROM HOME – The Department Of Labor and Employment (DOLE) advised Filipinos to consider working from home.
Previously, Senator Risa Hontiveros urged private sectors to allow their employees to work at home amid the COVID-19 Scare.
Recently, two Filipinos tested positive for the new coronavirus. Additionally, one of them had no recent travel history outside of the country.
Furthermore, a Taguig-based firm had confirmed that one employee tested positive for the virus. This led some to believe that local transmission of the virus may be possible.
Meanwhile, in an interview with Stand for Truth, DOLE agreed with the suggestions of Hontiveros.
This is really one of the measures that they can use so that the workforce is still productive. They will produce as long as it is, of course, work that can be done through means of technology,
According to a report from GMA the DOLE Bureau of Working Conditions Director Teresita Cucueco, both employers and employees could benefit from the arrangement.
However, the President of Viviamo Inc. Daryl Ty-Nilo emphasized not all companies would be able to apply Hontiveros’ suggestion.
With the company, siyempre you have to be able to sometimes, hindi naman lahat kaya mo mabibilang o mappredict lahat ng output na kailangan mo. That’s why you need the people from time to time
Instead, he shared that their company had been encouraging its employees to do basic hygiene such as regularly washing hands and applying sanitizers.
The global outbreak of the new coronavirus had already affected several countries. Some had already closed its borders to places heavily-hit by the virus.
Kuwait had even suspended flights from seven countries, including the Philippines.
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