Employees absent due to quarantine can’t be fired

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 08:40:22 +0000

The government said yesterday that private businesses cannot fire their workers who are not coming to work because of the enhanced community quarantine imposed on the entire mainland Luzon due to the coronavirus disease pandemic.

In a bulletin released by Malacañang, the government said businesses not in engaged basic necessities should not require their workers to come to work.

“Unless the company is engaged in basic necessities or service, employers should not require their employees to report for work,” the government said. “Employers should not terminate their employees by reason only of not reporting for work because of the COVID-19 situation,” it added.

The government encouraged the private sector to adopt a work arrangement that will not require physically reporting for work.

Employers should also extend financial help or assi
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