Published December 13, 2020, 12:24 PM
Officials, teaching, and non-teaching personnel of the Department of Education (DepEd) could apply for a special five-day emergency leave if they were directly affected by any natural calamity or disaster such as typhoons “Ulysses” and “Rolly” which battered the country in succession last month.
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Undersecretary Jesus Mateo issued Office Memorandum OM-PHROD-2020-00423 which states that the Special Emergency Leave (SEL) shall be given for a maximum of five days in a year and will be non-deductible from the employee’s earned leave or service credits.
DepEd said that severely affected employees may avail of the SEL within 30 days from the actual occurrence of the natural calamity or disaster in straight working days or on a staggered basis.
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