DOLE urges employers to let workers accompany kids for COVID-19 vaccination

A performer dressed as superhero character Ironman walks past children waiting for their turn to receive the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine for those aged 5-11 at a gym in San Juan City, suburban Manila on February 7, 2022.

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MANILA, Philippines — The labor department urged employers to give paid time off to workers accompanying their children during the third round of the government’s massive COVID-19 vaccination drive.

The Department of Labor and Employment on Thursday issued an advisory on the payment of wages for private sector employees who will accompany their children in the third “Bayanihan Bakunahan” push scheduled on February 10 and 11.

“Employers are highly encouraged to allow their employees to accompany their children for vaccination, without considering them as absent from their work, provided that they present proof of vaccination of their children,” DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello said in an advisory.

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