Nationwide round-up (12/10/20)
December 10, 2020 | 8:07 pm
Healthcare workers given until Friday to submit requirements for hazard pay
THE Department of Health (DoH) has extended the deadline for the submission of requirements for the hazard pay of healthcare workers to 5 p.m. Friday. In a statement on Thursday, the DoH Center for Health Development said the deadline was agreed upon during a dialogue with healthcare worker union leaders and the Hospital Industry Tripartite Council. Healthcare workers in Metro Manila have complained that some of them were given only one day to submit their requirements. “The DoH reminds implementing units, including hospitals and health facilities, to be more facilitative in the processing of these benefits,” the agency said. “While hospitals and other health facilities may request additional requirements and impose deadlines with a view to expediting the release of AHDP (active hazard duty pay) or SRA (special risk allowance), these impositions should not unduly burden our HCWs (healthcare workers),” it added. Administrative orders provide up to P3,000 monthly AHDP and up to P5,000 monthly SRA to coronavirus frontline workers. —