(File photo) MANILA - The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Monday urged private sector employers to come up with an appropriate paid isolation and quarantine leave program for workers to be affected by coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). In Labor Advisory No. 1, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III asked employers to also allow employees who are classified as close contact, suspect, probable, or confirmed case of Covid-19 to complete home isolation or facility-based quarantine. "Employees falling under the case definition of close contact, suspect, probable, or confirmed case shall complete the home-based or facility-based quarantine or isolation period in accordance with the prevailing Department of Health (DOH) Department Memorandum No. 2022- 0013 (Updated Guidelines on Quarantine, lsolation, and Testing for Covid-19 Response and Case Management for the Omicron Variant), DOH Department Circular No. 2022-0002 (Advisory on Covid-19 Protocols for Quarantine and lsolatio