LABOR GUIDELINES ON RESUMPTION OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS (Philippines)

Author: Patricia O. Ko

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Publisher: Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Journal / Book: NO&T Asia Legal Review No.25 (July, 2020)

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Background
On May 16, 2020, the Department of Labor and Employment (“DOLE”) issued Labor Advisory No. 17, series of 2020 or the Guidelines on Employment Preservation upon the Resumption of Business Operation. (“Advisory”).

The Advisory is among the several guidelines and issued by the DOLE to address the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on labor, and outlines measures that private sector businesses resuming operations under enhanced community quarantine and other quarantine arrangements should take note of.

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