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The paper says a hybrid work arrangements should be made part of the new normal and take into account that working from home brings new opportunities for many.
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(File photo) MANILA - Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda on Thursday urged the Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) to temporarily lift its ultimatum requiring business process outsourcing (BPO) workers to physically report to work by April 1. In a statement, Legarda said the work from home (WFH) arrangement has proven to be effective to minimize health risks and prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) without hurting the economy. "Even with the WFH arrangement, the Philippine economy was able to survive in the last two years, and thanks to the growing number of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the country, our economic activity is now more active than ever. We believe the WFH arrangement can sustain this momentum," she said. Legarda said this remote setup would also help around 1.3 million BPO workers to cope with rising fuel prices and transportation costs, affording them the same mitigating opportunities given to other sectors affected by the cur
DOE SecretaryAlfonso Cusi (Presidential photo) MANILA - The Department of Energy (DOE) supports the extension of work-from-home arrangement and the proposal for a compressed work week to conserve oil consumption amid the non-stop fuel price hikes. "We also support 'yong panukala na four-day work week at palawigin natin ang work-from-home at maiwasan ang pagbiyahe ng ating mga mamamayan (We also support the proposal for a four-day work week and the extension of work-from-home set up for the public to avoid traveling)," DOE Secretary Alfonso Cusi said during President Rodrigo Duterte's Talk to the People aired Wednesday. Adopting a four-day work week was a recommendation from Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua during the same meeting. This proposal aims to alleviate work-related expenses, such as fuel and transport, for the general population. Since Metro Manila was placed under Alert Level 1 at the start of the month, the government has encouraged thos