China Corona Virus Outbreak

[Monseratto]

Maybe they should consider making people wear mask inside their homes...

[Yatta]

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Wala ring episode ng late night toning tonight. Great Eagle Father still in Davao.

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[dr. d]

With 0 efficiency against virus time to ditch my cloth mask....

that is,
...assuming we wear it correctly...

[marky2115]

Duterte: The president that abandoned his people. F#(k him.

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[_Cathy_]

Mamatay na tayo sa NCR, basta siya safe sa Davao

[Devastator]

No incoherent rambling tonight.

[_Cathy_]

I agree with Nagkaisa

To 'prevent' layoffs, DOLE allows employers to negotiate wage cuts

To 'prevent' layoffs, DOLE allows employers to negotiate wage cuts
The government also passes the burden of coronavirus testing to employers

MANILA, Philippines – As work resumed under modified enhanced community quarantine, employers can now negotiate with their workers to slash their wages and benefits up to 6 months, according to Labor Advisory No. 17 issued May 16.

Under the new Department of Labor and Employment order, businesses and workers may "agree voluntarily and in writing" to temporarily adjust the employees' salaries and benefits, as provided in the contract, company policy, or collective bargaining agreement.

"The adjustments in wage and/or wage-related benefits shall not exceed 6 months or the period agreed upon the collective bargaining agreement, if any. After such period, employers and employees shall review their arrangement and may renew the same," Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said.

Under MECQ and general community quarantine, partial physical work operations are allowed. (EXPLAINER: What happens under general community quarantine?)

The advisory, a copy of which was made available to the media on Monday, May 18, prescribed certain work arrangements that employers can follow, ranging from allowing work-from-home to a implementing a combination of the following:

Transferring employees to another branch or outlet of the same employer;
Assigning employees to another function or position in the same office or branch of the same employer;
Reduction of normal working days per day or week;
Job rotation;
Partial closure of establishment where some units or departments continue work while others are shut down;
Other feasible work arrangements.
"We know that businesses have suffered so much, but for the sake of our economy we encourage them to dig deeper into their vast reserve of charity and benevolence so that their workers and the communities can continue to further weather this crisis that we are all facing and fighting together," Bello said.

The alternative work arrangements, DOLE said, shall be implemented "as long as the public health crisis exists."

Employers are required to submit their preferred work scheme to the DOLE regional office that has jurisdiction over their business.

In a statement, Nagkaisa Labor Coalition urged the DOLE to take back the advisory, calling the order a "crude instrument for super exploitation."

Nagkaisa raised the possibility that workers may be threatened by their employers with dismissal if they don't "voluntarilty" agree with the wage cut.

"Nagkaisa believes that this proposition is highly disadvantageous to workers. Coming from a long ECQ, workers, especially those who are unorganized, may have no option except to follow the wishes of their employers," Nagkaisa chairperson Sonny Matula said.

"Rather than ask workers to pay for the economic recovery of their employers, DOLE should ensure that workers’ welfare are properly considered in the stimulus package that government is now preparing," Matula added.

Mass testing

The government also passed the burden of mass testing to employers in a separate DOLE order. (READ: Government to rely on private sector to boost coronavirus testing capacity)

Labor Advisory No. 18 required employers to shoulder the cost of controlling COVID-19 in the workplace, including testing, disinfecting facilities, providing hand sanitizers and protective equipment, and posting informational materials about the disease.

For contract workers, such as security guards, maintenance personnel, and those in the construction industry, DOLE said that it should be covered by the client or the contractor.

"No cost related or incidental to COVID-19 prevention and control measures shall be charged directly or indirectly to the workers," Bello said.

In an interview with DZBB on Monday, Employers Confederation of the Philippines chairman Sergio Ortiz-Luis Jr said that the government should shoulder the testing of private sector employees, as majority of businesses don't have the capacity to do so.

At least 99.25% or 998,324 of the business establishments in the Philippines are part of the micro, small, and medium enterprises, according to the Department of Trade and Industry in 2019. More than half of them, or 525,000 establishments, closed shops during the ECQ. (READ: 'Sariling diskarte': The heavy impact of lockdown on micro, small businesses)

Presidential Spokesperson on Monday admitted that the government doesn't have the capacity to test millions of Filipinos like Wuhan, China, the ground zero of the pandemic.

"Ini-increase natin iyong capacity natin ng testing kaya nga we’re aiming na aabot tayo sa 30,000. Pero in terms of mass testing na ginagawa ng Wuhan na all 11 million, wala pa pong ganiyang programa at iniiwan natin [ang mass testing] sa pribadong sektor," Roque said Monday.

(We are trying to increase our capacity for testing that's why we're aiming to reach 30,000. But in terms of mass testing that Wuhan did for all of its 11 million residents, we don't have a program like that and we are leaving mass testing to the private sector.)

As of Monday afternoon, the Philippines has 12,718 coronavirus cases, 831 of whom have died from the virus. – Rappler.com

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[BratPAQ]

I agree with Nagkaisa

To 'prevent' layoffs, DOLE allows employers to negotiate wage cuts

When I started working from home ang laki ng na tipid ko. Sa transpo at kain sa labas. I would agree na ma cut yung na tipid ko para manatili lang akong WFH. Pero syempre malungkot yun ma cut. [emoji23]

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[_Cathy_]

When I started working from home ang laki ng na tipid ko. Sa transpo at kain sa labas. I would agree na ma cut yung na tipid ko para manatili lang akong WFH. Pero syempre malungkot yun ma cut. [emoji23]

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Minimal lang kasi gastos ko sa gas at madalas talaga akong work from home so not much change. But I do miss reporting for work kahit once or twice a week

But what if malaki ang pay cut like 50%? Anyway hanggang July na lang naman ako sa work ko haha

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[glenn_duke]

When I started working from home ang laki ng na tipid ko. Sa transpo at kain sa labas. I would agree na ma cut yung na tipid ko para manatili lang akong WFH. Pero syempre malungkot yun ma cut. [emoji23]

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Hopefully your electric bill will not offset whatever you saved from working home.
But at least you lessen the chances you getting the virus.

[BratPAQ]

Patakaran ni Remulla sa mga malls, may time card na per tao na papasok, isang oras lang, kaya ba mag grocery ng isang oras wala ba pila. Pila ka muna sa labas ng mall at maghintay ng lalabas bago ka pumasok. Ang daming patakaran. Ipasara na lang nya mga malls. [emoji23]

I don't think kikita mga shops sa loob ng malls sa ganito kahigpit. Baka abono pa mga shops.

Jonvic Remulla - GCQ Episode 9 (The Last Dance)

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[BratPAQ]

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[shadow]

Patakaran ni Remulla sa mga malls, may time card na per tao na papasok, isang oras lang, kaya ba mag grocery ng isang oras wala ba pila. Pila ka muna sa labas ng mall at maghintay ng lalabas bago ka pumasok. Ang daming patakaran. Ipasara na lang nya mga malls. [emoji23]

I don't think kikita mga shops sa loob ng malls sa ganito kahigpit. Baka abono pa mga shops.

Jonvic Remulla - GCQ Episode 9 (The Last Dance)

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No quarantine pass/no entry lang.


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[vinrem]

Patakaran ni Remulla sa mga malls, may time card na per tao na papasok, isang oras lang, kaya ba mag grocery ng isang oras wala ba pila. Pila ka muna sa labas ng mall at maghintay ng lalabas bago ka pumasok. Ang daming patakaran. Ipasara na lang nya mga malls. [emoji23]

I don't think kikita mga shops sa loob ng malls sa ganito kahigpit. Baka abono pa mga shops.

Jonvic Remulla - GCQ Episode 9 (The Last Dance)

Maraming... | Facebook

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If you go out once a week para mag grocery, 1 hour is not enough, for my case it usually 2-3hours, pero if araw araw ka nag gogrocery, ok na 1 hour, you just buy essential for your everyday needs.

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[Yatta]

So far we do not have a proper breakdown.

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[Dr. Strange]

Antay antay lang malapit na malaglag yung M sa MECQ.

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[Gumusut_Amige]

curious lang ako, parang wala pa ni isang survey na lumabas sa ngayon how the government handled this outbreak.
magandang malaman sana kung gaano kalalim ang kaalaman ng pinoy majority about this covid19!

[Lin Dan]

A healthy economy doesn’t happen without a healthy population.





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[dreamur]

So far we do not have a proper breakdown.

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Unbelievable, right?!?! Yet we still have DDS and Chinatards around us singing high praises to this government. Wake me up when 2nd wave is here.[emoji109][emoji109][emoji109]

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