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Manila Bulletin devider Philippines devider DOLE 11 starts implementing 4-day workweek for its own personnel

DOLE 11 starts implementing 4-day workweek for its own personnel

Published Mar 12, 2020 12:00 am
By Warren Elijah Valdez  DAVAO CITY - The Department of Labor and Employment in Region 11 (DOLE 11) has complied with Administrative Order No.99 Series of 2020 by DOLE Central Office to which orders DOLE employees and officials to implement the four-day workweek for DOLE-central, regional and attached agencies. (MANILA BULLETIN) (MANILA BULLETIN) The said administrative order was released on March 12. Lawyer Connie Torralba, Mediator-Arbitrator of the Mediation-Arbitration and Legal Service Unit (MALSU) of DOLE, said during the iSpeak media forum on Thursday that they have complied with the administrative order as preventive measures for the rising cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in the country. She said that the said order was also in pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 922 dated March 8, 2020, declaring a State of Public Health Emergency Throughout the Philippines, and to prevent the spread of Covid-19. The Administrative Order No. 99 on the implementation of the above-mentioned concern will be for all of the Department's Offices, Services, Regional Offices and Attached Agencies, the DOLE said in their official released statement. Under the administrative order, all offices or agencies shall observe a four-day workweek which shall be from Mondays to Thursdays instead of working for five days a week, and work schedule shall be from 7 am to 7 pm. The said order has also set some guidelines to follow: A) Friday shall be the day-off of all employees; B) Employees must render not less than 10 hours of work a day, exclusive of meal periods. They may report for work anytime from 7:00 am to 8:00 am and may end work anytime between 6 pm to 7 pm after completing the 10-hour workday; C) Employees who report for work beyond 8 am shall be considered tardy. Those who do not complete 10 hours in one workday shall be considered undertime. Off-setting of tardiness or undertime shall not be allowed; D) The official lunchbreak shall be maintained at 12 noon to 1pm regardless of the time of the employee reports for work; One day absence shall be considered as a ten-hour absence and shall be deducted proportionately from the employee’s leave credits; E) Employees who are required to report for work on their scheduled day-off shall be entitled to 1.5 days compensatory time-off. Torralba encouraged the public to, as much as possible, do their transactions online. “We have online services, you can reach us through our telephones, hotline numbers, Facebook accounts, the DOLE websites, and our official social media accounts,” she said, adding that transactions in offices may cause a crowd, therefore, exposure to different individuals. “No hearings or work will be conducted during Fridays. That is according to the order,” she added. She assured that they are also in compliance with the Department of Health’s advisory in preventing the disease from entering one’s system. “We have also practiced constant sanitation in all places for the employees and clients also,” she said. Mayor Sara Duterte has also urged the public through her released guidelines, to stay away from crowded places to avoid acquiring the disease.
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