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DOLE sets rules on free Covid testing for newly-hired workers

(File photo) MANILA - The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has issued guidelines for the free coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) testing for newly-hired workers. "This order is issued to provide guidelines on the one-time grant of free Covid-19 testing for qualified newly-hired job seekers required to secure a negative RT-PCR (reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction) result among the pre-employment requirements," the agency said in Department Order No. 233 signed by Secretary Silvestre Bello III and released on Thursday. Qualified beneficiaries are newly hired job seekers across all sectors complying with the pre-employment requirements to avail of the testing subsidy. Aside from newly hired applicants in private domestic establishments, those who are also covered by the order are agency-hired overseas workers set for deployment; and newly appointed employees in any branch or instrumentality of the government. "The program shall cover job seekers hired

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