DOLE urges paid quarantine, isolation leave for workers

Commuters queue for a ride at an EDSA-Carousel bus stop near Main Avenue along EDSA in Quezon City on January 4, 2020, the first day of the resumption of work for 2021.

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MANILA, Philippines — The labor department is urging but not requiring employers to put in place paid isolation and quarantine leaves for workers who have to go on home or facility-based quarantine as well as those who are confirmed to have the coronavirus.

The Department of Labor on Monday issued Labor Advisory 01 s. 2022 requiring all employees in the private sector who are close contacts of COVID-19 cases or are suspect, probable or confirmed COVID-19 cases to quarantine or isolate at home or in a facility as a measure to keep the coronavirus from spreading further.

As it is, the positivity rate in Metro Manila is at 50%, meaning one in every two samples tested is positive for the coronavirus, according to the OCTA think tank.

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