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Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III (File photo) MANILA - Some 11,500 employees from the private sector have been displaced due to the Alert Level 3 Covid-19 classification in Metro Manila and other areas of the country, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III said on Tuesday. He said the number is way below the Department of Trade and Industry's estimate that the Alert Level 3 status will displace 100,000 to 200,000 workers. "Fortunately, as of, I think that was yesterday or Sunday, the displaced workers because of Alert Level 3 are only more than 11,500 workers, they lost their jobs because their company, either retrenched or closed the operation," Bello said in a virtual Palace press briefing. Bello said there are also workers who did not lose their jobs but their working hours or days have been reduced "because their employers are observing flexible working arrangement." "So, although their status of employment is there,

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