14-DAY QUARANTINE SA EMPLOYEES ‘WAG IKALTAS SA LEAVE CREDIT

QUARANTINE

NANAWAGAN ang Malakanyang sa pribadong sektor na huwag ibawas sa leave credit ang 14-day quarantine ng mga manggagawa na pinaghihinalaang tinamaan ng coronavirus disease 2019 o COVID-19.

Ayon kay Cabinet secretary Karlo Alexi Nograles, hindi naman gusto ng mga empleyado na tamaan ng COVID-19 at hindi magtrabaho sa loob ng dalawang linggo.

Nauna nang nagpalabas ang Civil Service Commission (CSC) ng memorandum circular number 5 series of 2020 na hindi ikakaltas sa leave credit ang 14-day quarantine period sa public sector officials at employees na nagpakita ng sintomas ng nasabing sakit.

“In this light, we thank the Civil Service Commission for clari­fying through Memorandum Circular No. 5 series of 2020 issued last ­February 20, that the absence of public sector officials and employees during the 14 calendar days prescribed for self-quarantine, including those who were diagnosed with COVID-19 during the said period shall not be deducted from earned leave credits. We appeal to the private sector to consider extending the same be­nefit to their employees,” wika ni Nograles.

Sa datos ng Department of Health (DOH), pumalo na sa mahigit 100 ang bilang ng patients under investigation (PUIs) na naka-confine sa mga ospital at 474 PUIs naman ang na-discharge na at negatibo sa COVID-19.   PILIPINO Mirror Reportorial Team