DOLE Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma (File photo) MANILA - The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reminded private sector establishments anew on the safety protocols being implemented by the government to promote the safe reopening of the economy and contain the transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in the workplace. In an advisory signed by Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma, the agency urged employers in the private sector to strictly observe compliance and alignment of company policies with the Department of Health (DOH) issuances on prevention, detection, testing, quarantine, and isolation. Also, he reminded them about the DOLE's ventilation guidelines as part of the Covid-19 response. "The covered establishments shall comply with Department of Health (DOH) Memorandum No 2022-0013 or the Updated Guidelines on the Quarantine, Isolation, and Testing for Covid-19 Response and Case Management for the Omicron Variant, and the latest DOH issuances," said the a
(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