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Former senator Jinggoy Estrada plans to institutionalize and provide incentives for alternative or flexible work arrangements should he succeed in his comeback bid in the Senate.

Senatorial aspirant Jinggoy Estrada on Saturday, March 26 appealed to the Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) to extend the hybrid work set-up of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) companies.

Whether it’s a four-day workweek or a flexible work arrangement, Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion said the government’s goal is still to keep the engines of the economy running.

Senator Joel Villanueva on Friday, March 18 called on the government to support the call of the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) to implement a four-day work week to address the continuous oil price hikes and apply it primarily to the business process outsourcing (BPO) workers.

Lawmakers running for national seats in the coming elections support the extension of work-from-home arrangement for business process outsourcing workers (BPO) amid pandemic and oil price surge.

Malacañang said President Duterte’s decision on the proposed four-day workweek as a reprieve for employees amid increasing fuel prices is expected to come out on Monday, March 21.

Considering the skyrocketing cost of fuel nowadays, the government should review its order for business process outsourcing (BPO) employees to return to their offices by April 1, former senator and incumbent Sorsogon Governor Francis “Chiz” Escudero said on Thursday.

Senator Joel Villanueva on Wednesday backed the proposal of the country’s economic experts to implement alternative work arrangements, particularly the work-from-home scheme, to cushion the impact of the continuous oil price hike on Filipinos.

Malacañang on Wednesday, March 16, said the proposal for a four-day workweek and the extension of the work from home (WFH) arrangements are still being considered by President Duterte.

Former Makati City Representative Monsour Del Rosario on Thursday called on the Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) to reconsider its decision to push through with its order for Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and Information Technology (IT) companies to resume on-site work starting April 1.

The Senate Committee on Labor and Employment on Thursday, March 10 advised the government to temporarily withdraw its ultimatum for Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) companies to end work from home (WFH) arrangements of their employees or lose tax incentives.

Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo wants to incentivize the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry and telecommunication companies in a bid to decentralize the industry and offer more work-from-home arrangements to Filipinos.

A teachers’ group on Thursday, Dec. 9, urged the leadership of the Department of Education (DepEd) to call the attention or even “take legal actions” against field officials who allegedly violate the agency’s policy on teachers’ work arrangements.

“Complete.” That’s how actress-host Bettinna Carlos-Eduardo describes her new life in La Union. Last March, on a quest for a more sustainable lifestyle for her family amid the pandemic, she, her husband Mikki, and their 10-year-old daughter Gummy all moved four hours up north, leaving their Pasig City condo for the time being. There, away from the manic metro, Bettinna seemingly found a new home better-suited for the rewarding family life she now excitedly lives.

As the Philippines eases out of one of the world’s longest lockdowns to give way for economic recovery, businesses are trying to figure out how to deal with the new work cultures that emerged during the pandemic.  For Market Reach International Resources, a supply chain and distribution business, the choice to return to the old-school report-to-work setup is not driven by mere sentiment. It was more of a response to a need.

The Civil Service Commission (CSC) has extended its work-from-home (WFH) arrangement after the government decided to continue the pilot implementation of the new Alert Levels System for coronavirus (COVID-19) response in the National Capital Region (NCR) until Oct. 15.

Information Technology Business Process Management (IT-BPM) enterprises in economic zones may implement a work-from-home (WFH) arrangement until the end of the first quarter next year, the Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) approved. Based on the FIRB Resolution No. 19-21, IT-BPM enterprises located within economic zones are allowed to adopt 90-percent WFH up to March 31, 2022 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Employees across the country continue to work from home during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and more Filipino employees say they are more productive while on alternative work arrangements.