DOLE to release advisory on quarantine leave for Covid-infected staff

MANILA – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is expected to release an advisory about paid isolation and quarantine leave benefits for employees who will be isolated due to coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).

“DOLE’s commitment is a labor advisory to clarify the rules or clarify the policy of paying isolation and quarantine leave. Our Secretary (Silvestre Bello III) wants to mandate the payment of isolation and quarantine leaves, but that needs a sufficient legal basis. that is a law,” Labor Undersecretary Benjo Benavidez said in a virtual forum on Wednesday.

“If the employer provides isolation and quarantine leave through a company policy or generosity, that will be fine. That is the content of our labor advisory,” he added.

He stated that they anticipate issuing the advisory within the next few days.

“There is already a draft… in the spirit of social dialogue, and tripartism we need to consult or ask for input or comments from our partners in labor and employers,” Benavidez added.

He said that they support the legislation that would allow paid isolation or quarantine leaves legal.

“Yes, we support the measure. I just don’t know what is the legislative status. What I know is it already passed in the committee level, Committee on Labor at the House of Representatives. The DOLE supports it,” he added.

Meanwhile, a labor group said the benefit will help workers and businesses cope and keep the economy afloat despite the debilitating impact of recurring attacks of Covid-19 variants.

“A paid isolation and quarantine leave benefit will encourage employees to faithfully undergo isolation and quarantine at the first instance of the symptoms to protect themselves. As a consequence, this will protect the health and safety of the rest of the co-employees. and business continues to operate and remain productive and competitive. In turn, the whole economy is insulated from the destructive effects of virus surges,” Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) president Raymond Mendoza said.

Moreover, the group believed that the DOLE’s labor policy would urge employers and company owners to cover the cost of their employees’ isolation and quarantine period.

Under the paid isolation and quarantine leave benefit, all exposed employees who are required to undergo isolation and quarantine (at home or in a facility) for several days and are not yet confined to a hospital but have exhausted all company-provided leave benefits will continue to be paid by their employer during isolation.

Employees who contracted Covid-19 may be compensated, but not those who were placed in isolation and quarantine for observation as a result of preliminary positive test results.

Under the employees’ compensation benefits program of the Employees Compensation Commission (ECC), employees — who are paying members of the Social Security System– who are hospitalized and confined for Covid-19 will be compensated throughout their hospital confinement including the cost of medicine, doctor’s fee, and rehabilitation. 

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